‘Paisa’ frog discovered in Colombia
Sep 16, 2013
‘Paisa’ frog discovered in Colombia
posted by Charlie de Rivaz
A finger-length frog, the color of milky coffee stained with weak yellow botches, has been identified as a new species, Hyloscirtus Antioquia, by researchers in Colombia.
The discovery was made public last week in the US magazine Herpetologica, by researchers from the University of Antioquia, in the northern Colombian department of the same name.
Although the frog is not particularly rare, it had long been confused with another species, the Hyloscirtus Larinopygion, which is found primarily in northern Ecuador.
Researchers realized that although the Larinopygion species had made it over the border into Colombia, it had not yet reached Antioquia, meaning that the new goggle-eyed frog is a true “paisa” – Antioquian born and bred – and can rightfully take its place alongside the “Bandeja Paisa” and the arepa flatbread as regional symbols.
More:
http://colombiareports.co/paisa-frog-discovered-colombia/
