'Spectacular-looking' endangered frog species discovered in Ecuador's cloud forests
Wednesday, March 22, 2017 - 14:41
in Biology & Nature
It's not every day someone gets to say, 'I've discovered a new species.' It's a claim that biologist Chris Funk can happily make. Funk and collaborators, who've spent years exploring the tropical climes of South America to study the region's dizzying biodiversity, have documented a new species of rainfrog they've named the Ecuadorian rainfrog (Pristimantis ecuadorensis).