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New skeleton frog from Madagascar is already Critically Endangered

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Mongabay.com

Publication Date
2014-08-21

Sometimes all it takes is fewer clicks. Scientists have discovered a new species of frog from Madagascar that stuck out in part because it "clicked" less during calls than similar species. Unfortunately the scientists believe the new species—dubbed the Ankarafa skeleton frog (Boophis ankarafensis)—is regulated to a single patch of forest, which, despite protected status, remains hugely threatened.

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http://news.mongabay.com/2014/0820-hance-ankarafensis-frog.html#mZGrwpOcP3y5QZwk.99