Indraneil DasAn adult female Borneo rainbow toad, also known as the Sambas stream toad (Ansonia latidisca), which is about only two inches long.
Fieldiana ZoologyBefore the rediscovery of the Borneo rainbow toad this summer, this sketch was the only image of the mysterious creature.
The Borneo rainbow toad, with its long spindly legs, looks a bit like an Abstract Expressionist canvas splattered in bright green, purple and red. But when this amphibian was last seen, in 1924, the painter Jackson Pollock was just 12, and the only image of the mysterious creature was a black-and-white sketch.
These toads have not been seen for 8 decades. Wow!
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