Friday, February 17, 2017

Bizarre, long-lost tree frog discovered in India: Why its habitat may be in danger


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Lost & Found: an Indian tree frog species rediscovered!

For nearly 150 years, a bizarre tree frog species with eyes on top of its head was thought to be long-extinct.

But now a group of scientists, led by renowned Indian biologist Sathyabhama Das Biju, has rediscovered the golf-ball sized frogs living in jungles in India’s West Bengal state, in the foothills of the Himalayas._

What’s more, the elusive frog first collected by a British naturalist in 1870 is part of an entirely new genus, one level up from a species, Dr. Biju and his colleagues write in a paper published Wednesday in the Public Library of Science journal PLOS ONE.

They believe the amphibians, first discovered by accident in forests in four northeastern Indian states in 2007, could also be living across much of Asia, from China to Thailand.

Finding the frogs was unexpected for Biju – known in India as the “Frog Man” for his discovery of 89 of the country’s 350 known species – and his team...

Observing the frog’s behavior led to an unusual discovery – females feed their young their own unfertilized eggs. The frogs have developed particular behaviors to make this possible, with the females laying their eggs in trees filled with water. In order to digest the eggs, the tadpoles – which typically have small proto-teeth, instead have smooth mouths that help them suck in the eggs.
“This frog is facing extreme stress in these areas, and could be pushed to extinction simply from habitat loss," Biju said. “We're lucky in a way to have found it before that happens, but we're all worried.”. Bizarre, long-lost tree frog discovered in India: Why its habitat may be in danger.

Biju suggests that the positioning of their eyes on the top of their heads also helps them see the eggs fed to them by their mothers.
Bizarre, long-lost tree frog discovered in India: Why its habitat may be in danger. Unlike other frog species, Frankixalus jerdonii – originally named Polypedates jerdonii for the British naturalist T.C. Jerdon – eats mostly vegetation rather than insects and larvae.

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