Rhinoderma darwinii

Hi miss and classmates i hope you are well, today i am going to talk about ranita de Darwin. I really didn't know that this variety existed, the other time I discovered board games related to plants and I found it very interesting.

in the first half of the century, Charles Darwin traveled through different parts of Chile conducting research as a naturalist. Near the Lemuy Islands, Charles Darwin met a small creature that was eventually named Rhinoderma darwinii. This frog lives in the temperate forests of southern South America, specifically between Chile and Argentina. It has a small body that usually does not exceed three centimeters in length, and specimens have been found in places covered by snow during the winter months.

Its color varies from bright greenish to dark brown, its shape resembles that of a leaf (which is why I find it very interesting), it feeds on small bugs, it is very skittish and difficult to spot. This species is in a vulnerable conservation status, mainly due to habitat loss, like many other amphibians in Chile, degradation mainly due to agriculture and livestock has caused great damage in the loss of different species.

I wanted to tell you a little bit about this beautiful animal, which I find very interesting and mysterious (because of the difficulty of observation), I hope you found it as interesting as I did and that you will be encouraged to look for more about them.

- this is a picture of "ranita de darwin"