August 4, 2009-What's black and white and red all over? Hint: This time, it's not a newspaper.
A new frog species discovered in the Talamanca mountains of southern Costa Rica (see map) sports a range of colors depending on its gender and age.
Females are generally black with white belly splotches, such as the one pictured above. The males, meanwhile, have black, white, and brown markings peppering an orange-red base.
Young frogs of either sex are mostly brown with some beige and black blotches on their undersides.
