Video: Scientists surprised to discover tiny toadlets can glow

Mongabay
Mar 29, 2019, 3:05 pm200 pts
The forest floor along Brazil’s Atlantic coast is home to a species of teeny-tiny frogs called pumpkin toadlets (Brachycephalus ephippium), so named because of their bright orange color that warns would-be predators that they contain a deadly toxin. Now, new research reveals they have another trick up their…

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