The dazzling Bornean rainbow toad, seen here sitting on what appears to be coleslaw, wasn’t seen for 87 years before three of them were spotted recently by a team of Malaysian researchers. This photo, ...

The Borneo rainbow toad (also known as the Sambas stream toad) was spotted in the Malaysian state of Sarawak—87 years since its last documented appearance, Wired Science reports. The discovery was no ...

Scientists are elated after the surprise rediscovery of a wildly-colored frog not seen for 87 years and never before photographed—until now. The Bornean rainbow toad, also known as the Sambas Stream ...

There are roughly 7,000 species of amphibian in the world, and as many as half of them are believed to be currently threatened with extinction, while more than 250 of those species haven’t been seen ...

Originally published by Danny Milton on Hodinkee. Meet Professor Indraneil Das. He likes to go by Neil. He's a Professor at the Institute of Biodiversity Conservation, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak. His ...

I’ve shared news of several species of extremely tiny frogs and toads, commonly known as flea-toads or toadlets (read more here and here). These tiny amphibians are remarkable because they are much ...

Scientists scouring the mountains of Borneo spotted a toad species last seen in 1924 by European explorers and provided the world with the first photographs of the colorful, spindly legged creature, a ...

This is one of the first-ever photos of the Bornean rainbow toad, which hasn’t been seen since 1924. Ansonia latidisca was rediscovered in Malaysia by Indraneil Das of the University of Malaysia, ...