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New Species Of Frog With Thick Granular Skin Discovered In Peruvian Amazon Jungle
The state service for natural protected areas revealed that a new species of marsupial frog has been discovered in the Cordillera Colán National Sanctuary.
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The state service for natural protected areas on Monday, April 12 revealed that a new species of marsupial frog has been discovered in the Cordillera Colán National Sanctuary in Peru s Amazon jungle and has been considered as an important discovery in Science. As per an official press release, an agency attached to the Ministry of the Environment (Minam), this discovery was made as part of a research study developed in the mountainous and humid forest of the Colán Mountain Range, between 3136 and 3179 meters above sea level. Termed as  Gastrotheca gemma sp. Nov, the new species is a part of the Gastrotheca genus, anuran amphibians, which is found in Central and South America. ....

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