New Species of Frog Is Lone Member of Ancient Lineage (IMAGE)

Florida Museum of Natural History

New Species of Frog Is Lone Member of Ancient Lineage

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Astrobatrachus kurichiyana, also known as the starry dwarf frog, has only been found on a single hill range in India's Western Ghats. It is the sole species in a new subfamily, Astrobatrachinae, with no close relatives for tens of millions of years.

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Photo by Seenapuram Palaniswamy Vijayakumar

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