Scientists studying Boophis marojezensis, a tree frog in Madagascar, discovered that it is actually seven distinct species. Their results showed that what was previously thought to be only one ...

Seven new species of the Boophis frog were discovered, and their croaks sound very similar to classic Star Trek sound effects. For that reason, these frogs have all been given scientific names ...

Some frogs sounded like “regular whistles,” while others made “outlandish sounds.” A Boophis archeri, or Archer’s tree frog. Photo from Mark D. Sherz Intrigued, researchers began ...

The seven new species are all closely related to another species, Boophis marojezensis, that researchers have known about since the mid-1990s. But when they looked at genetic information of these ...

The seven newly discovered species are from the genus Boophis. They are found across Madagascar and communicate with other frogs with their whistling sounds. When the research team heard the calls ...

A new species of the Boophis rappiodes group (Anura, Mantellidae) from the Sahamalaza Peninsula, northwest Madagascar, with acoustic monitoring of its nocturnal calling activity. ZooKeys , 2014 ...

Boophis ankarafensis, as the scientists have dubbed the amphibian, is bright green with red speckles red on its head and back. It was found on the Sahamalaza Peninsula in the Ankarafa forest ...

A new species of the Boophis rappiodes group is described from the hidden streams of Ankarafa Forest, northwest of Madagascar. The study was published in the open access journal ZooKeys.