World’s ‘rarest tree frog’ found!

Posted on September 11, 2008 by Darren

Andrew and the team have found what they were looking for – a female Isthmohyla rivularis alive and well in the Costa Rican cloud forest of Monteverde. They also found some more males of this species giving hope that they are surviving and breeding there. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7609780.stm

This species was thought extinct for 20 years until Andrew found a single male when he was there last year. (See previous post for this story)

FIND OUT ALL ABOUT ISTHMOHYLA RIVULARIS HERE

Filed under: Jungle Journal | Tagged: amphibians, Costa Rica, frogs, Manchester Museum, Manchester University, MY BBC CLIPS |

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Wayne, on September 11, 2008 at 3:31 pm said:

Very very cool. I will be in Monteverde in about a month. What an amazing place.

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Glynis Smy, on September 12, 2008 at 7:40 am said:

Congratulations to you on your find!

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Tandora Grant, on September 12, 2008 at 3:24 pm said:

Fantastic! This is an encouraging discovery for the Year of the Frog! When looking for herps, I imagine that for every animal I see, there’s at least a dozen that see me!

I’ll look forward to a final trip report to learn the proximity of this female to the site the male was found last year, and whether these two were free of chytrid.

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