A Living Fossil: The Purple Frog’s Brief Life Above Ground
The purple frog emerges once a year, during the monsoon, for just a few hours. But little is known of its life under or above ground. Here's an extremely rare glimpse of a very busy day in the life of this ancient curiosity.
A Film by Roundglass Sustain
Directed by Biont
Updated Jul 29, 2025
A Film by Roundglass Sustain
Directed by Biont
Updated Jul 29, 2025
8 min watch
The purple frog emerges once a year, during the monsoon, for just a few hours. But little is known of its life under or above ground. Here's an extremely rare glimpse of a very busy day in the life of this ancient curiosity.
Watch the film in English. To turn on subtitles, click on the CC icon at the bottom of the YouTube video. A red line will appear under the icon once the subtitles have been enabled. Thumbnail: Dhritiman Mukherjee
Watch the film in Hindi. Thumbnail: Dhritiman Mukherjee
Watch the film in Malayalam. Thumbnail: Dhritiman Mukherjee
About the Authors
Sustain Team
We are a driven group of people from diverse backgrounds, bound by an abiding love for India’s natural world.
Biont
a 'team of four friends', tells stories through visual media, with a mission to connect people with science, beauty and threats of our natural world.
