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An expedition to the pristine forests of Ecuador near the Peruvian border uncovered 12 new species, including a salamander that Conservation International.

The discoveries in the Nangaritza region of the Cordillera del Condor included what the researchers termed a “remarkably ugly bug-eyed salamander,” a red poison arrow frog and a frog smaller than a “pinky” fingernail. A lizard, a third frog and seven grasshoppers also were among the newly found creatures. 

 

One of the species for the frog is a Glass Frog, so-called for its translucent skin that shows internal organs. The frog is also called Hyalinobatrachium pellucidum.

 

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