6 rediscovered rare frogs

A team of conservation at Conservation International (CI) and the University of Pennsylvania (USA) has announced the rediscovery of six rare species of frogs in remote mountainous country southwest of Haiti.

According to the Guardian (UK), six species of rare frog has "disappeared" for about two decades, it was rediscovered during an expedition into the region on May 10-2010. This expedition was conducted to "respond" movements of animals searching for rare amphibians "disappeared" around the globe that are held by CI.


Page PhysOrg said the frog was announced in the context of the country has Haiti commemorate victims of the terrible earthquake of magnitude over 7 occur in this country on May 1-2010. They are considered "species of barometer" for the ecological health and can become a source of hope for the future environment of the country of Haiti:

The scientists said their initial goal latim glanduliferoides Search Eleutherodactylus frogs that had not seen it in the wild for over 25 years. However, while this species "may show up" then they discovered six species of frogs on top with 48 species of frogs native to Haiti.

Eleutherodactylus thorectes - one of six new frog species, body size equivalent to a green grape, is one of the world's smallest frog. This is a critically endangered frog species, endemic to the mountains of Massif de la Hotte in southwestern Haiti. The last time scientists saw it was in 1991.

Notable features of the critically endangered frog Eleutherodactylus glandulifer the Massif de la Hotte mountains as its eyes are emerald green paint.

Before the rediscovery of a rare frog Eleutherodactylus corona, scientists estimated that this species less than 10 mature individuals, living on the high cloud forests of the mountainous Massif de la Hotte.

Parapelates Eleutherodactylus frogs endemic to the mountains of Massif de la Hotte, are classified in the critically endangered in the Red Book of the Union for the Conservation Nature (IUCN). It has black eyes and two more after the orange makeup. The last time scientists saw it was in 1996.

Eleutherodactylus frogs dolomedes critically endangered, with maximum body length 21.6 mm, live at 1120 m altitude of the mountains around Massif de la Hotte.

A species of critically endangered frog species also live in the mountains Massif de la Hotte is Eleutherodactylus Amadeus. It is also known as "frog Mozart" - is named after the composer's genius Austrian Mozart - Blair Hedges by scientists working at the University of Pennsylvania (USA) was accidentally rediscovered by the cry of this species it sounds like the golden sand pitches.