The Crater Mountain Treehole frog also has brown-white coloring that resembles bird droppings. Like the Wallace flying frog, it becomes green as an adult. “It’s interesting that the little ...

Do you like frogs? Good news: Five new tree frog species have been identified on the island of New Guinea, and some have a clever (and gross) way to disguise themselves by looking rather fecal.

Wallace’s flying frog (Rhacophorus nigropalmatus)—a ... but researchers assume they live in the forest understory—where droppings from birds and bats are likely to land—whereas adults ...

The five newly classified species are all in the genus Littoria and are climbing frogs One appears to have developed bird poo mimicry, but changes colour as it matures Two species stick their ...