Scientists from the Natural History Museum in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe have discovered the Arthroleptis troglodytes, a rare frog otherwise known as the "cave squeaker frog" in the Chimanimani Mountains of Zimbabwe 54 years after it was first discovered in the same location.
The elusive cave squeaker frog was first discovered in 1962 and was rediscovered for the second time on December 3, 2016 after a team of researchers mounted a thorough search for it. The frog was thought to have become extinct or critically endangered since it had not been found by anyone in over five decades and therefore considered one of the rarest amphibians still alive today.
Three Males and One Female of Cave Squeaker Frogs Were Found
The cave squeaker frog got its unusual name from where it chooses to hide itself, and can be easily identified by its distinguishable dark-red colors and its mucus-covered skin, the Inquisitr revealed.
The team of scientists that found the rare frog again for the second time found three males and a female, and Robert Hopkins, a 75-year-old research associate at the natural history museum was glad that his team found the specimens, even though he was not present when the discovery was made due to his old age.
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The team of scientists that found the rare frog again for the second time found three males and a female, and Robert Hopkins, a 75-year-old research associate at the natural history museum was glad that his team found the specimens, even though he was not present when the discovery was made due to his old age.
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