JULY 18,
2019
UCF
student Veronica Urgiles has helped describe two new frog species discovered in
Ecuador, and she named one of them after one of her professors.
Urgiles
and an international team of researchers just published their findings in the
journal ZooKeys.
"Frogs
are by far my favorite," said Urgiles, who is pursuing a master's degree
in biology. "So, getting to describe and name two of them is terrific. I
have been looking at these frogs for years now, so going over the whole process
of observing them in their habitats and then analyzing them and comparing them
under the microscope, to finally naming them is a long, but very satisfying
journey."
Urgiles,
a 2017 Fulbright scholar and the lead author, said she chose to attend UCF for
its integration of genetics and genomics in biodiversity research and the
emphasis on real-world application. She works with Assistant Professor Anna
Savage who specializes in species diversity based
on molecular analyses.
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