💡 The gist

• A new small frog was found in Costa Rica.
• It is greenish and comes out at night.
• It can live in coffee farms.

Scientists found the frog in Costa Rica’s central Pacific region. It is tiny and greenish. It is also nocturnal. That means it is active at night.

The frog can live in coffee plantations. A plantation is a farm that grows one main crop. In this case, the crop is coffee.

That is why people call it a “coffee frog.” The name does not mean the frog drinks coffee. It tells us where the frog can be found.

This matters because farms can be homes for wildlife. A coffee field is not empty ground. Small animals may use it for shelter. They may look for food there. They may also move through it at night.

But farms can have dangers too. Growers may use agricultural chemicals on crops. These chemicals are meant to help farming. The report says they may also put this frog at risk.

The information does not say how large that risk is. It does not say exactly what will happen to the frog. Still, the warning is important. A newly found animal can be easy to overlook.

Finding a new species gives people a starting point. First, they can learn where it lives. Then, they can watch for threats in that place. They can ask how farming and wildlife can share the land.

Coffee connects people far from Costa Rica to this story. A cup begins with plants on a farm. That same farm may also be part of a frog’s nighttime world. Learning about the frog helps make that hidden world visible.