For 130 years, a small Chilean frog vanished from scientific view. Biologists searched. Nature enthusiasts kept their eyes open. But Alsodes vittatus remained stubbornly invisible.

A frog species believed to be missing for over a century has been rediscovered in the forests of Chile, marking a ...

A team of researchers has rediscovered a frog species which has not been seen in more than 130 years. First described in 1902 ...

A frog species not seen in over 130 years, Alsodes vittatus, has been rediscovered in Chile after decades of search efforts.

A frog species thought to be missing for well over a century has been spotted again, according to an international team of researchers.

First described in 1902, Alsodes vittatus had evaded detection since then, despite multiple search efforts. The researchers discovered two populations of the frog at the southeastern end of the ...

A rare frog that has not been seen in 130 years was recently rediscovered in Chile. The frog species, Alsodes […] ...

Recorded in 1902, French entomologist Philibert Germain first spotted the white-striped frog Alsodes vittatus in 1893 at the Hacienda San Ignacio de Pemehue in La Araucanía Region, Chile—only ...

The rediscovery of “one of the rarest and most elusive amphibians” in Chile is quite a tale. Philibert Germain, a scientist ...

Germain’s frog collections were included in the paper and identified as Alsodes vittatus, or the Malleco spiny-chest frog. But here the trail goes cold. An Alsodes vittatus, or Malleco spiny ...