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West Africa: Four new tooth-frog species discovered after a century of misidentification [1]

Four new species of tooth-frog have been identified in West Africa, over 100 years after initially being identified as one single species Odontobatrachus natator.

Publication Date: 
28/07/2015
International Business Times [2]
Tags:
Biodiversity [3], Frogs [4], Amphibians [5], Africa [6]
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[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/biodiversity
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[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/amphibians
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/africa