First-Ever Picture of Rainbow Toad

[valkery]

[URL]http://abcnews.go.com/US/rainbow-toad-spotted-87-years/story?id=14070222[/URL]

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One of the world's 10 most-wanted amphibians has finally been spotted (no pun intended). The [URL="http://abcnews.go.com/images/Technology/ap_sambas_steam_toad_sc_110714_main.jpg"]Borneo Rainbow Toad[/URL], known for its vibrant, patchy coloring and unusually slender limbs, eluded scientists for 87 years before being spotted recently in the forest on the Malaysia-Indonesia border.

The toad was last seen by European explorers in 1924, who left detailed[URL="http://www.smugmug.com/gallery/18012313_qDpzzW#1382061505_RTdNx6Q"]sketches[/URL] from the 1920s as the only illustrations identifying them.

But after searching the forests for months in the remote, mountainous border between Malaysia and Indonesia near the Kalimantan Barat Province, a team of scientists from Universiti Malaysia Sawank eventually spotted the toad at a higher elevation. Pui Yong Min, a graduate student working with researcher Indraneil Das, found one of the small endangered [URL="http://abcnews.go.com/search?searchtext=toad"]toads[/URL] in a tree.

"Thrilling discoveries like this beautiful toad, and the critical importance of amphibians to healthy ecosystems, are what fuel us to keep searching for lost species," Das said in a press release from Washington-based Conservation International.

The researchers, working as part of Conservation International's Search for Lost Amphibians initiative, discovered two more toads nearby, ranging in size from 3 centimeters to 5.1 centimeters. The adult female, adult male and juvenile all had bright pigmentation.

Robin Moore, an amphibian specialist at Conservation International, said when she saw the first pictures of the toads she could barely believe her eyes.

"The species was transformed in my mind from a black and white illustration to a living, colorful creature," she said in a statement announcing the discovery. "It is good to know that nature can surprise us when we are close to giving up hope, especially amidst our planet's escalating extinction crisis."

Conservation International's Global Search for Lost Amphibians began in August 2010, spanning 21 countries on five continents.[/QUOTE]

I see a new mascot for Gay Pride Parades in the future!

[Mister Sandman]

suck it conservatives, we told you homosexuality occurs in nature

[RaptorBlackz]

another angle.
[img]http://dic.academic.ru/pictures/wiki/files/50/206_The_Mexican_Staring_Frog_of_Southern_Sri_Lanka.jpg[/img]

[Elecbullet]

[b]edit[/b] he fixed it

[phyton92]

[QUOTE=Elecbullet;31111391][url]www.southparkstuff.com[/url][/QUOTE]
How does [url]www.southparkstuff.com[/url] even relate to Rainbow toads?

[RaptorBlackz]

[QUOTE=phyton92;31111505]How does [url]www.southparkstuff.com[/url] even relate to Rainbow toads?[/QUOTE]
Who knows?

[Jobby]

[quote]One of the world's 10 most-wanted amphibians has finally been spotted.[/quote]

Yeah we got Osama now we're going after the frogs.

[phyton92]

[QUOTE=RaptorBlackz;31111900]Who knows?[/QUOTE]
That's what I thought :v:

[Gekkosan]

[QUOTE=Mister Sandman;31111298]suck it conservatives, we told you homosexuality occurs in nature[/QUOTE]

Don't get the awesome looking mr. frog involved in our human debates. He's not worth it.

[Elecbullet]

Image got a hotlink error, he changed it

hotlink picture said "WWW.SOUTHPARKSTUFF.COM"

[Fangz]

So bright, so beautiful.

[TheHydra]

i bet it's terribly poisonous

[Itsjustguy]

Now taste the rainbow.

[Ray-The-Sun]

[QUOTE=Itsjustguy;31121145]Now taste the rainbow.[/QUOTE]
One hell of a trip.

Bet it'd be a gay ol' time.

[dunkdude3]

I read it as Rainbow Road

[MaveDustaine]

All glory to the

...Rainbow Toad?

[Adam1172]

[quote]Malaysia-Indonesia Border[/quote]

Ahaha, I think I have these toads in my backyard.

[Mister Sandman]

[QUOTE]eluded scientists for 87 years before being spotted recently in the forest on the Malaysia-Indonesia border.[/QUOTE]
so is that like the closet for the animal kingdom

[teslacoil]

Rainbow Toad: The only toad that you don't need to lick it's ass to get colorful effects.

[veDemaG]

I wonder how much the photographer sold that photo for

[ProWaffle]

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[Missing User]

gaaaay

[Whats This?v4]

[QUOTE=Spycrabz;31126066]gaaaay[/QUOTE]

title fits..

[Dori]

that looks scary

[Missing User]

[QUOTE=Whats This?v4;31127507]title fits..[/QUOTE]

thanks sherlock

[VengfulSoldier]

[QUOTE=Sanius;31127553]that looks scary[/QUOTE]

You should be, in general the more colorful amphibians are the more deadly their poison is.

Same goes for lizards.

[BCell]

With bright colours like that, it must be poisonous

[Asiansniper911]

Back when Family Guy was good, it had a point about toad.
[video=youtube;_6tSEreleQA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6tSEreleQA[/video]