Google's probably tired of how many times I've done a search for this one. I think it looks really cool and I know a few people who like frogs, who then said something about it later so I pulled it up again. And again. And now I'm going to tell you about it, at least some.
Unfortunately, there are a lot of people who found out about these awesome frogs and started hurrying in to get more pictures. It's especially hard because these frogs only live in a small area, which is under threat from construction and whatnot. Even worse, if handled with bare hands, photographers can easily kill these frogs or make them sick, same for using flash on their cameras, but I doubt most nature photographers would think twice about that.
These guys have their own branch of the Frog family tree, but I haven't been able to find out much information that describes how these guys are different from the other frogs, and what makes them special. Part of that is because of their rarity, part of it is because there are limited funds for studying things like this.
I look forward to seeing what they discover about them in the future, and hope they hang around long enough for us to learn about them. I understand, unfortunately, that they might not. Either way, this is a really fun frog to show to frog lovers and kids.
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