Thursday 30 October 2014

Big City, Big Surprise: New York City's Newest Species Is A Frog

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Even in one of the most densely populated places on Earth, nature is still capable of some big surprises. Biologists have described a new species of leopard frog discovered in New York City. It remained hidden in plain sight in a city of 8.4 million people.

Researchers named the frog Rana kauffeldi, after the great herpetologist Carl Kauffeld, who in the mid-20th century speculated that an as-yet-unidentified leopard frog might reside in New York City.

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