Comments on: Lungless Frog Discovered

By: SOCALcryptid

SOCALcryptid — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 02:45:59 +0000

Wow, very interesting. This frogs face reminds me of the Pig nosed turtle (Carettochelys insculpta) from Australia. This type of turtle is also in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. I wonder if the up turned nose of this frog is used to mimic a turtle and not to breathe since the lungs are not present. Probably more research is needed. Finding frogs in their environment usually means the area is healthy and free of toxins. Lets hope this is the case in the discovery of this new species.
Thanks for the post Loren.

By: Sordes

Sordes — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 15:44:38 +0000

If you don´t have a specimen you can´t prove that it exists, and are therefore hardly able to protect it.

By: Galea

Galea — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 15:21:59 +0000

I understand why it was done, but its still kinda sad that they hunted down this rare frog and the first thing they did was kill it.