Technicolour toad spotted after 87 years


The striking Bornean rainbow toad (Ansonia latidisca) has been seen for the first time since the 1920s and finally caught on camera. Previously, the only image of the toad was a black and white drawing, but we can now see that the toad clearly deserves its title. The spectacular species was one of Conservation International’s (CI) ‘ten most wanted amphibians’ and was rediscovered in Malaysia by a team led by Indraneil Das from Malaysia Sarawak University (UNIMAS).

From Nature.com. Just look at that thing. What a fag!

Tags: Borneo, amphibians, toads

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Wow, the colour combo is so dazzling it's actually hard for my eyes to focus on it!
I know. It looks like it OD'd on a box of Fruit Loops.

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