Three new frog species found in disappearing Atlantic Forest

Mongabay
Mar 30, 2017, 5:03 pm158 pts
Three new “cryptic” species of frog have been discovered in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest, one of the the world’s most degraded biodiversity hotspots. On looks alone, the new species are nearly identical to their brethren in the genus Chiasmocleis, so the researchers relied on DNA and skeletal analysis to…

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