27 in the peer-reviewed journal ZooKeys. During the surveys, they found over a dozen bumpy toads. Something about the “cryptic”-looking toads caught the researchers’ attention, the study said.

On a mountain in southern China, a “rough”-textured creature with fringed toes hid in the bushes and called out. Its remote home and “cryptic” looks largely helped it go overlooked or, when found, be ...