Scientists make shocking discovery about hybrid frog species: 'Pretty sad scenario'

Scientists make shocking discovery about hybrid frog species: 'Pretty sad scenario'

Scientists have discovered that deforestation has caused infertility in frogs that are endemic to the Philippines. What's happening? The truncate-toed chorus frog is a tree frog, and the slender-digit chorus frog is a ground or burrowing frog. The two species have interbred over time and created the Leyte chorus frog. As Mongabay stated, hybrid species aren't inherently bad or concerning. And while the Leyte frog sightings were exciting, since t…