The Weekly Anthropocene, September 21 2022
Dispatches from the Wild, Weird World of Humanity and its Biosphere.
New Species: Costa Rica, China, and California
A new species of tiny tree frog has been discovered in Costa Rica, after six months of dedicated searching for the origin of an unfamiliar frog call. The Tapir Valley tree frog (Tlalocohyla celeste) is only known to exist in a 20-acre wetland within the rewilded Tapir Valley Nature Reserve, on the slope of Tenorio Volcano in northern Costa Rica. (Pictured above is a female, with eggs visible through her transparent skin). Awesome news!
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