Editor's note

Didn’t know that amphibians could glow in the dark? Neither did scientists – until a team of herpetologists in Argentina discovered a tree frog that shines so brightly under moonlight that its bright-green glow actually helped them locate specimens.

Maria Gabriela Lagorio from the headline-grabbing Argentinean team tells the story.

Catesby Holmes

Global Commissioning Editor

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A male Hypsiboas punctatus frog in daylight. Erfil/Wikimedia

The world's first glow-in-the-dark frog found in Argentina

María Gabriela Lagorio, University of Buenos Aires

Scientists in Argentina have discovered a frog that glows in moonlight and at twilight.

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