A fingernail-size frog that can morph its skin texture from spiny to smooth in just minutes is the first shape-shifting amphibian ever found, according to a new report. The tiny "mutable rain frog" ...

Skin texture variation in one mutable rainfrog (Pritimantis mutabilis), which changes from spiny at 0 seconds to smooth at 330 seconds. Photo courtesy of the Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.

A new species of frog is the first known vertebrate able to change the texture of its own skin. The frogs, which live among mossy forests in Ecuador, sprout protrusions called tubercles to mimic their ...

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A frog in Ecuador's western Andean cloud forest changes skin texture in minutes, appearing to mimic the texture it sits on. Originally discovered by a Case Western Reserve University PhD student and ...

A team of researchers has discovered a new species of frog that can change the texture of its skin in a matter of minutes. OddityCentral has full detail: Biologist Katherine Krynak and naturalist Tim ...

A relatively new member of the animal kingdom finally has an official name. Meet the Mutable Rain Frog. The tiny frog was first discovered in a rain forest in Ecuador in 2009. It's the first frog ...

A newly discovered frog species in Ecuador is able to change its skin texture, and in minutes' time. The findings, published this week in the Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, suggest that ...

Researchers have found a small frog species that can rapidly change its skin texture from spiny to smooth and back again. It is believed to be the first known amphibian species to have this ...