Amazon frog highlights appropriation of Indigenous knowledge for commercial gain

Mongabay
May 31, 2022, 10:18 am257 pts
The Amazonian giant leaf frog, or kambô (Phyllomedusa bicolor) has bulging eyes and bright green skin, and despite its name, is actually quite small. It’s perhaps best known for its skin secretion, a mucous substance with medicinal properties that several Amazonian Indigenous groups have used for centuries…

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