Friday, July 19, 2013

Newly Discovered: Dart Frog Found in ‘Lost World’



Newly Discovered:  Dart Frog Found in ‘Lost World’
by MongaBay staff
Scientists have described a new species of poison dart frog after discovering it during a study to determine the impact of tourism on biodiversity in a tract of rainforest known as “The Lost World" in Guyana.
The scientists named the frog Allobates amissibilis — in Latin, “that may be lost” — in recognition of its home, which was the set for British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s 1912 book, The Lost World. The frog was discovered near Turu Falls, a waterfall at the foot of the Iwokrama Mountains in Central Guyana…

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