13 fanged frogs discovered in indonesia!!

Wow, its a fabulous news that Ben Evans, an animal expert from McMaster University in Hamilton and Indonesian scientists discovered 13 species of fanged frogs in Sulawesi. Some 9 of 13 species that had never encountered before.

As it is quoted by CBC news on friday (12/8/2011), "This discovery became a good example of how species ultimately use the same tactics to survive and diversify when given the opportunity", said Evans. "This is proof that the fanged frogs evolved to fill the niche of the life of existing vacancies in Sulawesi. Based on the results of research, there is no other frog genus in Sulawesi which could compete with the fanged frogs of the genus" says Evans

in addition, this discovery was reported in the journal The American Naturalist this month. So far, Evans said there are no extinct species were found. But he believed in, the distribution spread of the frogs have been reduced. Environmental conservation efforts need to keep these frogs still exist.

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