Sunlight filtered through the trees of a rainforest in northern Peru and illuminated an “iridescent” creature. Its “golden” ...

But the case of Alsodes vittatus stood apart, mainly because the species had one distinctive feature—a yellowish stripe running the length of its back, from snout to rear end. After Philippi’s ...

Wang J, Liu S, Wang H, Wang M, Rao D (2025) The young frog is described as having a green body with black spots, long “yellowish-green” limbs with “brown crossbars,” and a black stripe ...

Photos show the rediscovered species. Some of the olive-green and brown frogs have a stripe running straight down their backs, while others have a faded stripe or no clear stripe at all.

spotted frog with an adult body length of 1.75 to 3.5 inches. The dorsal color is brown, gray, or greenish with greenish-brown spots. A glandular dorso-lateral fold with a light stripe runs down each ...

However, this stripe is not present in all the specimens ... a review to evaluate its conservation status now that the frog has been rediscovered.