Scientist Creates One-of-a-Kind Frog

[Dendro Dave]

Darts have been crossbred by scientists also for similar purposes.

[vince]

Guys take a look at the European Green Frog Complex the Edible frog is a hybrid of the marsh frog and pool frogs. Bombinas' ie Orientalis, the yellow bellied toad and european firebellied toads all cross or hybridize where their ranges overlap with fertile offspring in nature. But if by doing this the husbandry off the tree-frogs is better understood, and it leads to better captive breeding and survival of endangered animals then it should be applauded.

[Namio]

A scientist at The Manchester Museum in England allowed the two species of endangered Central American leaf frogs housed within the same chamber to interbreed to better understand how closely these parents are related. Understanding the genetic relationships between, and even within, species is important when trying to protect them.

The ability to interbreed does not necessarily reflect the phylogenetic relationship between two species.