Scientific Finding in Ecuador: Discovering an Unknown Frog for Science · Global Voices
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They discover a new frog in the Cordillera del Condor threatened by mining, one of the most relevant findings of recent years in the mountain forests of Ecuador. The species, named Pristimantis etsa, has been identified thanks to scientific research that confirms that it is an amphibian unknown to science. The discovery reinforces the biological importance of the Cordillera del Condor, a region considered one of the main sources of biodiversity …
Researchers from the San Francisco University of Quito, Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad (INABIO), University of Wollongong Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute and Fundación EcoMinga describe a new species of terrestrial frog, named Pristimantis etsa, in the Cordillera del Condor, one of the most biologically important and least explored regions of the country.
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