Germán Chávez is no stranger to the Amazon rain forest, where he says "one can't help but get excited" by all the reptiles and amphibians that he has made a career out of studying. But when he came ...

A researcher has identified a colorful tree frog as a new species. Andrew Gray, Curator of Herpetology at Manchester Museum, conducted genetic and biochemical analysis on frogs that were thought to be ...

Reaching over 3.5 m in length, the bushmaster (belonging in the Lachesis genus) is the largest viper in the western hemisphere. Legend spread among both colonists and natives from the Amazon region ...

The name of a newly described species of frog, native to the Amazon Basin in northern Brazil, has some serious girl power. The frogs have reticulated, semi-transparent eyelids, spines on their hands, ...