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SWNS via Field Museum of Chicago
A tiny new species of burrowing frog has been discovered after scientists were able to find it by its unique “beep” sound.
Identified by biologists in the Amazon, it has a pointy tapir-like nose and is less than an inch (1-2 cm) in size.
Researchers have called the dark brown new species Synapturanus danta—with danta being the Spanish for tapir—a mammal with pig-like features and an elephant-style trunk.
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