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a red frog clinging to a leaf
December 27, 2015

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Not even an intrusive camera lens could disturb this little amphibian. Your Shot member Mihir Ranjan happened upon this sleeping red frog clinging to a leaf near his hometown of Chaibasa in Jharkhand, India.

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Photograph by Mihir Ranjan, National Geographic Your Shot

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