Purple Frog Facts — The 100 Million Year Old Mystery Hiding in India
In the year 2003, scientists made one of the most extraordinary amphibian discoveries of the modern era — a species of frog so strange and so ancient that it required the creation of an entirely new taxonomic family to classify it. The Purple Frog, found only in a small region of the Western Ghats mountains in India, had been living alongside humans for centuries without being formally identified by science. Here are the most amazing Purple Frog facts that reveal one of nature's most remarkable living fossils! Did you know? The Purple Frog's closest relatives are found only in the Seychelles islands off the coast of Africa — over 3,000 kilometres away. Scientists believe its ancestors were separated when the supercontinent Gondwana broke apart approximately 100 million years ago! 🦴 A Living Fossil From the Age of Dinosaurs The Purple Frog is often described by scientists as a "living fossil" because genetic and fossil evidence suggests its lineage has remained la...