Researchers quickly realized they’d discovered a new species: Limnonectes splendissimus, or the splendid fanged frog. Splendid fanged frogs are considered “large,” reaching over 4 inches in ...
The frogs belong to a genus called Limonectes, or fanged frogs, according to the study. The animals are identified by two protrusions on their lower jaw that appear like upside-down vampire fangs.
The ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity (ACB) on Wednesday celebrated the discovery of a new species of fanged frog called ...
On a mountain in southern China, a blotchy brown creature with yellow fingertips perched on some bamboo. Its “large” eyes scanned the surrounding forest, but it wasn’t the only one looking around.
Researchers quickly realized they’d discovered a new species: Limnonectes splendissimus, or the splendid fanged frog. A Limnonectes splendissimus, or or splendid fanged frog. Photo from Le ...
A Gracixalus weii, or Wei’s tree frog. Photo from Shize Li via Liu, Peng, Wang, Feng, Shen, Li, Chen, Su and Tang (2025) Wei’s tree frogs are considered “moderate”-sized, reaching about 1. ...