The bizarre purple pig-nosed frog that only ventures above ground in the mountains on India to mate

When scientists first discovered an unusual purple frog in India’s Western Ghats mountain range back in 2003, the strange-looking creature was said to be unlike any other.

Now, however, researchers conducting field visits in the region have spotted a second, equally-bizarre member of the family.

The new species, dubbed Bhupathy’s purple frog, has a bulbous body covered in purple skin, blue-ringed eyes, and a pig-like nose – and, perhaps unsurprisingly, the experts say it spends most of its life underground.

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