Languages: English and Italian. A new species of poison dart frog has been discovered in the heart of the Brazilian Amazon, where dense rainforests host some of the most diverse and complex ...

This is one species where parental roles are crucial in the frogs’ survival. For poison dart frogs, mating season is open all year long. Male frogs emit a mating call that attracts nearby females.

The metallic poison frog (Ranitomeya aquamarina) is less than two centimeters long from snout to butt. CREDIT: Alexander Tamanini Mônico. Both of the poison dart species were discovered in ...

The new frog, like most poison dart frogs, is tiny, just 15 mm long. It also represents the first new species to be added to the genus in 10 years. The team noted that the frogs were generally ...

Researchers soon realized they’d discovered a new species: Ranitomeya aetherea, or the heavenly poison dart frog. Several views of a Ranitomeya aetherea, or heavenly poison dart frog.

The team has now officially described it and named the species Ranitomeya aetherea ... as happens in some other poison dart frogs. “It’s possible that the female goes back when the tadpole ...