Scientists have found a new fanged frog species hiding in plain sight by studying their unique mating calls and genomic data.a group of about 75 known species of frogs with unusually large teeth that are small or absent in other frogs.The discovery was published recently in peer-reviewed journalor commonly as the Mindoro fanged frog was nearly indistinguishable from its relative found in Palawan called Acanth's fanged frog.
Herr said they also ran statistical analyses on the body shape and size, and found nothing to differentiate the frogs based on these. But because these fanged frogs live on two different islands, Mindoro and Palawan, researchers had doubts that they were the same species. They also found something surprising, that despite their resemblance, their mating calls sound different from each other.
In the past, researchers believed that Palawan's plants and animals have come from Borneo, and that meant most of Mindoro's species presumably originated in the northern Philippines. "By focusing on diverse groups of organisms , and by incorporating independent sources of data, Palawan's and Mindoro's flora and fauna became recognized as a complex mixture of species, with an impressive variety of affinities," said Brown.
Moreover, discoveries such as this one highlight the need for forest conservation in Mindoro and in many other places.
Nature is evolving to defend itself from humans.
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