Australia: "Extinct" Frog Rediscovered

Wildlife Extra - September 2008.

The Armoured Mist Frog (Litoria lorica), a species not seen anywhere for 17 years has been rediscovered in a remote location in the far north of Australia. James Cook University's Professor Ross Alford said it was feared that the Armoured Mist Frog had been lost in the devastating outbreaks of amphibian chytrid fungus that started in the Wet Tropics 20 years ago...

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