The strange looking creature below is a Purple frog, discovered just five years ago in Western Ghats of Kerala in south western India.
Scientists have given it the name Nasikabatrachus sahyadrensis, from the Sanskrit word for nose (nasika); batrachus, meaning frog; and Sahyadri, the name of the mountain range where it is found. According to scientists, it's related to a family of frogs now found only on the Seychelles islands, which split from India 100 million years ago.
Click here to go to Wikipedia page for Purple Frog.
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