The footage Van Nierop took is billed as 'hilarious,' but not everyone agrees that it's funny. They traced it to a yellow and black, puffed up cape rain frog, a species endemic to South Africa's Western Cape and listed as near threatened on the IUCN Red List. Simon Van Nierop, who captured the video, was taking a walk with his children and dogs in the Tokai Forest in Table Mountain National Park when they heard high-pitched screaming. A video of a screaming cape rain frog encountered near Cape Town, South Africa, is drawing amusement as it makes its way around the Internet-but experts say the footage clearly shows a frog in distress.
