"Nasikabatrachus sahyadrensis" - also called the pignose frog, or what a tortoise would like without a shell. Found only in the Western Ghats of India, these pudgy plum-colored guys were only formally discovered and described in 2003. Despite this, their tadpoles were studied as early as 1918. And they've been know to the local population for far longer than that. Sadly, they've also been harvested for food and traditional medicine for just as long. It's no wonder they spend most of their time underground, only emerging during the monsoon season to mate. (To be fair, mating is a pretty good incentive to expose oneself)
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