Were you expecting a bamboozle. Well, I have bamboozled that expectation, for these long-nosed leapers are quite real.
First discovered in 2019, and formally described in 2022, they've long been known to the inhabitants of the Western Amazon who call them rana danta (lit. tapir frog).
Since they're a newly discovered species, not much is known about them. What is known however, is that they're a burrowing frog spending most of their time underground, particularly in mud. Their chocolate coloring helps with camouflage. (But, like the chocolate frog of Australia, they're not actually made of chocolate.)
First discovered in 2019, and formally described in 2022, they've long been known to the inhabitants of the Western Amazon who call them rana danta (lit. tapir frog).
Since they're a newly discovered species, not much is known about them. What is known however, is that they're a burrowing frog spending most of their time underground, particularly in mud. Their chocolate coloring helps with camouflage. (But, like the chocolate frog of Australia, they're not actually made of chocolate.)