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Old 07-05-2012, 01:02 PM
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Just an interesting article of some newly named beautiful frogs that are of course critically endangered.

New colorful rainforest frog named after Prince Charles (PICTURES)
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Prince Charles huh!? Thats pretty cool. Its always awesome to hear new species being found!
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very cool frog!
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is it me or do they have huge toe pads?
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Brilliant. Big x marks the spot for smugglers... sigh. Am I too jaded?
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Brilliant. Big x marks the spot for smugglers... sigh. Am I too jaded?
Unfortunately this seems to almost always be the case...
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just me or does it seem based on location and the coloration that it could be a sort of mimic of the nearby sylvatica populations

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very interesting james. I bet it does have something to do with mimicry.
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Coolio, I talked with the guy that helped discribe this species on Reddit
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nice lookin frog , frogman roth is gone from wisco
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