The frog has shiny, purple skin, a light blue ring around its eyes, and a pointy pig-nose. The scientists have called the new species Bhupathy's purple frog (Nasikabatrachus bhupathi), in honor of ...

The new species, dubbed Bhupathy’s purple frog, has a bulbous body covered in purple skin, blue-ringed eyes, and a pig-like nose – and, perhaps unsurprisingly, the experts say it spends most ...

Discovered as recently as 2003, this living fossil is also known as the pig-nosed frog due to its shapely snout. A rare burrowing species, the purple frog is difficult to find as it is only ...

It’s an awareness campaign that uses comedy to bring attention to animals like the pig-nosed frog, pictured above, which may otherwise have trouble getting funding. The UAPS holds live events ...

The northern bald ibis, the aye-aye, the purple pig-nosed frog and other so-called ‘ugly’ species are seldom pictured in WWA Animal Awareness pamphlets, but they’re just as endangered as any other ...

It’s got a wide, bloated body, tiny round eyes and stout limbs. It’s also called the pig-nosed frog, on account of its most peculiar feature—a protruding snout.