Image of the Day: Shifting Skin
A newly described species of frog (Pristimantus mutabilis) found in the Ecuadorian Andes can change its skin texture from spiky to smooth.
Mar 27, 2015
ZOOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY
(See “Phenotypic plasticity raises questions for taxonomically important traits: a remarkable new Andean rainfrog (Pristimantis) with the ability to changeskin texture,” Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2015.)
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