Watch a video: This tiny frog is the colour of orange soda
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What is tiny, poisonous and orange in colour? A frog called “pumpkin toadlet“.
Pumpkin toadlets are a type of very small frogs found in Brazil, South America. As its name says, it’s as brightly coloured, just like orange soda. It is also very poisonous.
A new type of pumpkin toadlet was recently discovered in the Atlantic rainforests of Brazil. Scientists spent about 2 years studying this new frog.
It also glows green under a special kind of light. The light is called UV or ultraviolet light.
Humans cannot see the green glow normally. But other animals in the forest can. Scientists say that it warns off other animals who may want to eat the frogs.
Scientists also found many of these frogs in the forest. This is very good news as frogs are becoming less in number today.
How many species of frogs exist on Earth?
There are over 5,000 species of frogs known to science till now. They are found on every continent except Antarctica.
See this cute frog in the video below.
Video credit: Antonio Silveira/Youtube
There are so many animals in the world. Some live on land, some on trees, some in water and some fly up in the sky. Some are fun and playful and some quite dangerous too. Sometimes they work in teams but some prefer to be alone. But if we look carefully there is so much we can learn from them too! Can you think of some of the qualities that you love about animals? Read our animal news for kids for more interesting animal stories.
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