![]() The unfamiliar frog call stopped him in his tracks as he was walking through the wetland and prompted him to investigate which frog was making it. He had been planning to expand the wetland area to make it more hospitable to migratory species of birds during their journeys between North America and Central and South America. Soto first heard the tapir valley tree frog’s shrill call among the sounds of more than 10 other frog species, while he was working around a wetland pond after the first heavy rains of the year in late March 2018. LOOK: Newly-Identified Species of Transparent ‘Glass’ Frogs Unveiled in Amazing Photos From Ecuador Stopped in his tracks The team looked through books and scientific literature, but the characteristics didn’t match any other known species of frog. The Canal Zone Tree Frog (Boana rufitela) also has a yellow line, but the line continues the entire length of the frog’s body. ![]() The biggest clue that it was a new species was a yellow line, which runs about halfway down the frog’s flanks then abruptly stops. ![]() “I was really happy when I found it,” said Soto, who chose the frog’s common name-tapir valley tree frog-to honor its 20-acre wetland home.
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