Saturday 13
September
2008, San José, Costa
Rica
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World's Rarest Frog
Discovered In Costa Rica
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World's Rarest Frog
Discovered In Costa Rica
A rare female frog has
been seen for the first
time in 20 years during
an expedition to Costa
Rica by scientists from
The University of
Manchester and Chester
Zoo. The tiny tree frog
Isthmohyla rivularis was
seen in Monteverde Cloud
Forest Preserve in Costa
Rica.
This species was thought
to have become extinct
twenty years ago,
however in 2007 Andrew
Gray, of The
University's Manchester
Museum, found and
photographed a male.
However the discovery of
a pregnant female and
several more males
suggests that the
species is breeding and
has been able to survive
- while many other
species have been wiped
out (allegedly) by a
deadly fungal skin
disease.
Andrew Gray said: "This
has been the highlight
of my career. Now that
we know that both sexes
exist in the wild, we
should intensify efforts
to understand their
ecology and further
their conservation." |
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Andrew Gray with pregnant female frog. Credit Manchester
University. |
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