Fun, Colorful Art featuring the Brilliant Purple Harlequin Frog

"Joyous World" ~ 19"x24"

I love colorful animals, and the purple Harlequin frog just happens to display all it's fabulous glory in my favorite color!  I couldn't resist featuring this beautiful species in my newest MAD Wonderland painting "Joyous World". 
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Five Harlequin Frog Facts:

• Commonly called the Purple Fluorescent Frog, it was only discovered in 2007.
• They are found only in Costa Rica, but due to loss of habitat, and disease linked to climate change, have become critically endangered.
• They live to be around 10 years old.
• The males have no vocal sac, so they communicate to females through head and leg twitches, stomping the ground and hopping.
• They are a land frog, and only go in the water during mating season.

​Conservation efforts and constant monitoring of the species for disease, habitat protection and genetic studies have helped to keep the population stable.  

15% of the proceeds of this painting will be donated to Re:wild (formerly know as Global Wildlife Conservation), an organization I have collaborated with, and continue to contribute to. "We believe that together, we can protect and restore those ecosystems critical to the health of our planet—from the Amazon to Australia and from Borneo to our own backyards. We are excited to embark on this journey, because we believe that, together, we can rewild our world.." (Co-founded by Leonardo Dicaprio.)