Photos: America's Only Lake Titicaca Frogs

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Making the leap, lake titicaca frogs

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Swimming Frog, lake titicaca frogs

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A Lake Titicaca frog swims for its supper at the Denver Zoo. These frogs have been given the unflattering nickname "scrotum frog" for their baggy skin folds, which grow more prominent as they get older. The frogs are frequently sited at marketplaces in Lima, Cusco and other Peruvian cities, where they are blended up and sold as part of a drink meant to increase health and virility.

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Stephanie Pappas
Stephanie Pappas
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Stephanie Pappas is a contributing writer for Live Science, covering topics ranging from geoscience to archaeology to the human brain and behavior. She was previously a senior writer for Live Science but is now a freelancer based in Denver, Colorado, and regularly contributes to Scientific American and The Monitor, the monthly magazine of the American Psychological Association. Stephanie received a bachelor's degree in psychology from the University of South Carolina and a graduate certificate in science communication from the University of California, Santa Cruz.