The purple frog is rarely documented due to spending its life underground. ©David V. Raju, CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons – Original / License ...

In 2003, scientists described a new family of frogs – the first time such a discovery had been made among the anurans in ...

The purple frog is something of a mystery. It was only formally described in 2003, and not much is known about its behaviour – primarily because it lives almost entirely underground.

The purple frog (Nasikabatrachus sahyadrensis), an ancient species that lived during the dinosaurs, calls small crevices around rocky streams home. Landslides can alter their habitats drastically.

California Academy of Sciences Executive Director Gregory Farrington on purple frogs, ...

Whoever discovered the Indian purple frog probably didn’t realize it was a frog right away—this curious animal looks more like a cross between a hippopotamus, a shrew and a regular frog. It’s got a ...

Meet The Purple Frog, A Dinosaur-Era “Living Fossil” That Emerged Over 80 Million Years Ago. Complete the form below to listen to the audio version of this article.