Banner image of an adult male marbled rock frog (Nannophrys marmorata) from Ududumbara in central Sri Lanka, courtesy of Kanishka D. B. Ukuwela. Dilrukshi Handunnetti is a staff writer at Mongabay.

Deep in the rain forest of Ecuador lives a very indecisive frog. On a nighttime walk in 2009, scientist Katherine Krynak spotted a well-camouflaged, marble-size amphibian that was covered in ...

A new species of robber frog was identified from samples collected in 2013 in the Peruvian Andes. It has rough skin and marbled coloring ...

The frog’s back skin is “shagreen,” a rough, leather-like appearance, while its throat and chest are “smooth,” according to the study. The coloration is marbled, with mottled gray, brown ...

A Marbled Four Eyed Frog in frozen stasis on The Americas Season 1, Episode 7. Approximately 99% of the world’s tropical glaciers exist in the Andes and the largest is in Peru.