Friday, July 1, 2011

"Extinct" Frog Rediscovered

DNA analysis has shown the Chiricahua leopard frog of central Arizona to be indistinguishable from the "extinct" Las Vegas Valley leopard frog (Lithobates fisheri), thought to be the only endemic US frog to have died out in the modern era and not seen since 1942.
Posted by assurbanipaul at 5:35 PM
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