Nocturnal 'Coffee Frog' Discovered in Costa Rica
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A new species of frog endemic to Costa Rica has been identified in coffee makers, but its survival is threatened by the use of agrochemical products Minuscule, night, greenish... and amateur.
The little frog that thrives in coffee plantations is less than four centimeters long.
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Only frogs less than four centimeters long have been observed in Costa Rica.
Nocturnal 'coffee frog' discovered in Costa Rica
Measuring less than four centimeters and known as the "spring frog," AFP reporters observed the dark green-spotted amphibians in San Lorenzo de Tarrazu. "It's a new species of tree frog for science, and endemic to Costa Rica," researcher Wagner Chaves-Acuna told AFP, per the findings of colleagues from the University of Costa Rica and Argentina's National Council for Scientific and Technical Research. Also nicknamed the 'coffee frog,' the specie…
A new species of tree frog was discovered in Costa Rica and has Central Pacific coffee plantations as one of its main habitats.
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