Tiny Frogs Use Concrete Storm Drains as Megaphones

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Yahoo News (USA) June 4th, 2014 06:01 PM: Tiny Frogs Use Concrete Storm Drains as Megaphones

But concrete drainage ditches are completely alien to Mientien tree frogs (Kurixalus idiootocus), a species found only in Taiwan. "Concrete drains are miniature canyons, but are not analogous to anything in Mientien tree frog natural habitats," study researcher Y. Kirk Lin of National Taiwan University told Live Science in an email. "Therefore, it is interesting to find those frogs preferentially calling in the drains." [Freaky Frogs: 40 Cool Photos] Wen-Hao Tan, an undergraduate in Lin's research group, was the first to notice that Mientien tree frogs seemed to be congregating in the concrete drains alongside walking paths and roads.


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