New Frog Species Discovered in Peru’s Cloud Forest Is Already Fighting for Survival

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An expedition to one of Earth’s most remote corners yielded a remarkable new species, but the discovery comes with an urgent warning

Imagine a forest so high, cold and remote that almost no scientist has ever set foot in it. A place where the clouds themselves seem to settle among the trees, wrapping the canopy in mist.

Now imagine that somewhere in that forest, sitting on the floor of the Amazon basin, a tiny frog — barely an inch long with striking golden irises — has been living for untold generations, unknown to science.

That frog now has a name: Oreobates shunkusacha.