It's a new toad!

 

Believe it or not, I discovered that I have never prior to this post used the word "toad" in any of my blog posts.

That really surprises me.

But enough of that. I've only used "frog" a few times, and one of them was quite recently, in a post about the discovery of a new and beautiful poison dart frog.

And now, this post is about the discovery of a new horned toad, the Tongbiguanen horned toad, which has diamond eyes.  Not eyes made out of diamond, which would be awesome, but eyes with diamond-shaped pupils or whatever the equivalent structures are in toad eyes.

Nature survey in tropical paradise leads to new species of 'diamond-eyed' toad

"Currently, the Tongbiguanen horned toad is only known to live in the Tongbiguan Provincial Nature Reserve. But Wu and their peers invited further research into the region at large."

After some effort, I couldn't figure out the size of the reserve, which supports breeding hornbills. The headquarters are here;  based on description, it's located on the Irrawaddy River.

So, after all that, let's get back to the toad with the diamond eyes.  (And no, the Beatles did not write that song.)