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New frog species Pristimantis chinguelas found in Peru \u2013 Ivan Wong \/ SWNS<\/p>\n New frog species Pristimantis chinguelas found in Peru \u2013 Ivan Wong \/ SWNS<\/p>\n
Three new types of frogs were discovered during off-road scientific expeditions in the remote cloud-shrouded peaks of the Andes.<\/p>\n
The secretive amphibians were found between 2021 and 2024 in the Cordillera de Huancabamba mountains of northern Peru\u2014in forests and mountain trails with no road access.<\/p>\n
The species were recently confirmed and named, and each one tells a different story, according to the team\u2019s findings published in the journal Evolutionary Systematics.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey\u2019re small and unassuming, but these frogs are powerful reminders of how much we still don\u2019t know about the Andes,\u201d said Peruvian herpetologist Germ\u00e1n Ch\u00e1vez, who led the research.<\/p>\n
Pristimantis chinguelas, discovered on a cliffside, has a body dotted with prominent large tubercles on both sides.<\/p>\n
Its high-pitched \u201cpeep\u201d can be heard on humid nights, reported the researchers.<\/p>\n
P. nunezcortezi lives near a cool mountain stream in a regenerating forest.<\/p>\n
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New frog species in Peru \u2013 Pristimantis nunezcortezi (via SWNS)<\/p>\n
With large black blotches on axillae and groins, it was named in honor of ornithologist Elio Nu\u00f1ez-Cortez, a conservation trailblazer in the region.<\/p>\n
P. yonke, the smallest of the three, was found nestled in bromeliads at a chilly altitude of nearly 3,000 meters (9,800 feet).<\/p>\n
Its name was a nod to \u2018yonque,\u2019 a sugarcane spirit consumed by locals to brave the highland cold.<\/p>\n
HOPPY DISCOVERY<\/strong>: A Leap of Hope: Endangered Frogs First Seen by Charles Darwin Give Birth in London to Help Avoid Extinction<\/a><\/p>\n Study co-author Karen Victoriano-Cig\u00fce\u00f1as said, \u201cExploring this area is more than fieldwork \u2013 it\u2019s an immersion into wilderness, culture, and resilience.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cMany of these mountain ridges are isolated, with no roads and extreme terrain,\u201d said co-author Ivan Wong.<\/p>\n \u201cThe weather shifts within minutes, and the steep cliffs make every step a challenge.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s no wonder so few scientists have worked here before\u2014but that\u2019s exactly why there\u2019s still so much to find.\u201d<\/p>\n MORE GOOD FROG NEWS:<\/strong> The number of individuals in the species is unknown, but co-author Wilmar Aznaran points out that the Cordillera de Huancabamba is not just a remote range.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s a living archive of biodiversity and cultural legacy. And we\u2019ve barely scratched the surface.\u201d<\/p>\n JUMP FOR JOY By Sharing The Good News With Frog Lovers on Social Media\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New frog species Pristimantis chinguelas found in Peru \u2013 Ivan Wong \/ SWNS Three new types of frogs…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":63099,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[3425,1761,2846,27142,3416,159,9569,67,132,68,837],"class_list":{"0":"post-63098","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wildlife","8":"tag-animals","9":"tag-biology","10":"tag-discovery","11":"tag-frogs","12":"tag-peru","13":"tag-science","14":"tag-species","15":"tag-united-states","16":"tag-unitedstates","17":"tag-us","18":"tag-wildlife"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114847820534277002","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63098","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63098"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63098\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63099"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63098"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63098"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/The-Cordillera-de-Huancabamba-mountains-in-the-Andes-of-northern-Peru-SWNS-science-study.jpg\")
The Cordillera de Huancabamba mountains in the Andes of northern Peru-SWNS science study<\/p>\n
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