Sunday, May 31, 2009

Purple frog (Nasikabatrachus sahyadrensis)


QUERY: How do I find these obscure sites (and why do I care)? I just finished looking at endangered or newly discovered species like this "purple frog." The site claims that "the purple frog spends most of the year underground, surfacing only to breed during the monsoon" season. (I could not make this stuff up). This is the first new frog family found since the early 1900's and it is endangered.
The EDGE site (Evolutionarily Distinct ; Globally Endangered )is really fascinating.

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