(AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky) Frogs leap to get into the water in the Sestroretsk Bog natural reserve outside St. Petersburg, Russia, on Wednesday, April 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky ...

Photos show the coloring of the new species. Overall, the frogs are “yellowish brown or cream with scattered dark brown spots.” A stripe “with golden iridescent tones” runs down their sides.

They serve as crossing guards for thousands of toads and frogs, who are trying to navigate toward their spawning sites.