Sunday, 27 July 2014

Tiny new species of frog from Brazil with a heroic name

Date:
July 24, 2014

Source:
Pensoft Publishers

Summary:
Molecular analysis helps scientists discover and describe a tiny new species of narrow-mouthed frog from the genus Chiasmocleis. The news species, Chiasmocleis quilombola is named after the quilombos -- communities constituted by and used as refuges for slaves who had the brevity to escape in colonial Brazil.


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