New on Weird & Wild: The Song of the Indian Purple Frog

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Meet the Indian purple frog, also known as the pig-nosed frog. Only formally discovered in 2003, the colorful amphibian is an endangered species native to the mountains of India’s Western Ghats.Now scientists have analyzed its advertisement call - which the male delivers from his underground burrow. Read more (and watch a video of a purple frog calling above ground): Weird Purple Frog Seduces Females From Underground.