Green toad inhabited Iberian Peninsula one million years ago
Thursday, March 31, 2011 - 08:31
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Although the green toad (Bufo viridis) can today be found all over Central Europe, Asia, Africa, and even on the Balearic Islands, it became extinct in the Iberian Peninsula at the end of the Early Pleistocene (1.1 million years ago). This has been demonstrated by an international research study, with Spanish participation, which has discovered the first green frog fossil in Murcia.