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A green and yellow frog with brown speckles and brown eyes stares at the camera while hanging onto a green branch with its feet.
Hyloscirtus tolkieni, named after fantasy author J.R.R. Tolkien

Juan Carlos Sánchez-Nivicela / Archive Museo de Zoología, Universidad San Francisco de Quito

  • Scientists discovered an otherworldly frog in the forests of Ecuador. 
  • The stream frog's colors and patterns reminded the researchers of fantasy author J.R.R. Tolkien. 
  • One researcher told Insider that he could imagine the frog living in Fangorn forest.

First came the Leonardo DiCaprio snakes. Now come the Tolkien frogs.

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News, Science, Frog, Leonardo DiCaprio, JRR Tolkein, The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, Ecuador
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J. R. R. Tolkien now shares his name with a mystical stream frog found in Ecuad…