An all-female team tracked it down amid deadly snakes and 50C heat in a forest known as 'hell on Earth'.
The Santa Fe frog is largely unknown to science despite being discovered more than a century ago.
The team found the males emerged at nightfall to advertise their presence, then hopped back down their burrows with interested females.After digging for hours at night they eventually found evidence of eggs and tadpoles for the first time.By drawing attention to the plight of the frog the conservation scientists hope to highlight the biodiversity of the Dry Chaco - and other animals at risk of extinction.
The scientists are also liaising with local community leaders, hunters and farmers to learn more about the frog and how to better protect it.The Grand Chaco has a mixed landscape of low, dry forests and savannas The Chaco woodlands have been gradually cleared over the past few decades to make way for cropland and ranches.though it attracts less attention than its Amazon neighbour.
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