So until they can fly, the froglets (the term for a frog that is no longer a tadpole but isn’t fully grown) of this species hide in plain sight—by camouflaging themselves to look like a blob ...

But as young frogs, they are reddish-brown with white spots. Instead of resembling leaves, […] The post The Frog That Disguises Itself as Poo appeared first on Explorersweb.

The four other newly discovered frogs don't look like poop (modeled here by a juvenile Litoria naispela) so they didn't make the header. Image Credit: Steve Richards. DOWNLOAD PDF VERSION.

Some tadpoles don’t poop for the first weeks of their lives. At least, that’s the case for Eiffinger’s tree frogs (Kurixalus eiffingeri), scientists report September 22 in Ecology. Eiffinger ...

VIENNA - The young offspring of a frog native to Southeast Asia display an "unusual colour pattern", probably to camouflage themselves "as animal droppings" to escape predators, according to a study.