Wow! Look at this really weird looking purple frog! This chubby, seven-centimeter frog was found hopping around the Western Ghats, a range of hills in India. It is called Nasikabatrachus sahyadrensis. It's name is derived from the Sanskrit word for nose (nasika); batrachus, meaning frog; and Sahyadri, the name for its mountain home.
According to DNA analysis, this little purple blob once shared the same ancestor as a family of frogs in the Seychelles called Sooglossidae 130 million years ago when the planet's landmasses were joined together into a giant supercontinent called Gondwana. It was originally believed that this relative of the Sooglossidae was extinct, but now they have been found and they are different in appearance than expected.
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