Species of the Week: Muzambai Warty Frog

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EDGE Blog (Zoological Society of London, UK) August 6th, 2012 08:08 AM: Species of the Week: Muzambai Warty Frog

The Mazumbai warty frog (Callulina kisiwamsitu) has a very interesting lineage. Its family (Brevicipitidae) is a group of 26 unique frogs from Africa that usually have burrowing lifestyles and very bulbous bodies. The warty frogs diverged 40 million years ago within the Brevicipitids – about 5 million years before the origin of monkeys. For nearly [...]
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[Namio]

Excellent! Thank you for sharing. What an interesting frog! I hope there's more populations of them to be found.