Diaglena spatulate, a shovel-headed tree frog

Diaglena spatulate, a shovel-headed tree frog from Mexico, uses its spiked skull as a shield when it backs into rock crevices or bromeliad axles to hide. [Research supported by National Science Foundation grant DGE 1315138, DGE 1842473 and DBI 1701714.] Learn more in the University ...This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item.
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