A new species of frog branded the “chocolate frog” has been identified in the rainforest swamps of New Guinea. An Australian scientist, Steve Richards, discovered the chocolate-coloured creature in 2016. The location “could be why it took so long to find this frog,” the frog specialist at the South Australian Museum told the Australian Associated Press. “It’s swampy, it’s spiky, there are lots of malaria-carrying mozzies, it floods, there are.
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Real-Life âChocolate Frogâ Discovered In New Guinea Rainforest
by : Daniel Richardson on : 29 May 2021 17:03
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A chocolate frog has been discovered in a New Guinea rainforest, but you shouldnât try to eat it.
A chocolate frog has been discovered in the lowlands rainforests of New Guinea, but it differs from those that appear in the
Harry Potter films.
A paper published in the
Australian Journal of Zoology has discussed the new species and how it compares to other frogs.
Australian Journal of Zoology
Co-author of the study, Paul Oliver of the Centre for Planetary Health and Food Security and Queensland Museum, detailed the new species: