A team of wildlife researchers from Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, in Brazil, working with a colleague from the ...

The frogs are in the Ranitomeya genus and are tiny. All are only 15 to 17 millimetres in length—roughly the size of a dime.

Fringe-lipped bats are known for selectively preying on small frogs, avoiding toxic species in favor of more palatable prey.

“You could hear them throughout the jungle.” The frog’s rediscovery, says Martin Schaefer, CEO of Jocotoco, proves the importance of protecting remote, vulnerable habitats. “Hope is ...

"These frogs are big – up to 10cm long – bright green, like a child would draw, with striking black and yellow webbing between their toes, and typical tree-frog toe pads to help them climb." ...

As we squelched through the dark jungle, I feared we might run into the elephants – the most dangerous animals in the forest. But luckily the path was clear and we found the frogs were still there.