New Animals and Plant Species Discovered in Ecuador


	New Animals and Plant Species Discovered in Ecuador

EddieIsSteady

7-4-2009 9:05 PM

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biology, animals, science, nature

EddieIsSteady says:

This little guy is see-through.

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/33000f60-b05b-48a0-8210-576aaea28c16/7011925D-0CF6-4BD5-88A6-622230E57516/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.neatorama.com/2009/06/16/new-animals-and-plant-species-discovered-in-ecuador/" href="http://www.neatorama.com/2009/06/16/new-animals-and-plant-species-discovered-in-ecuador/" style="font-size: 11px;">www.neatorama.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.neatorama.com/2009/06/16/new-animals-and-plant-species-discovered-in-ecuador/">New Animals and Plant Species Discovered in Ecuador</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.neatorama.com/2009/06/16/new-animals-and-plant-species-discovered-in-ecuador/"><P align="center"><IMG height="428" width="500" src="http://neatorama.cachefly.net/images/2009-06/glass-frog.jpg" /><BR /><EM>Hyalinobatrachium pellucidum</EM> (glass frog) Photo: Luis Coloma</p> <P>An expedition on the Nangaritza River of Ecuador, near the border with Peru, has uncovered nearly a dozen species new to science, including four amphibians, a lovely lizard, insects, and plants.</p> <P>This one above is a species of glass frog, Hyalinobatrachium pellucidum, named after its translucent skin.</p> <P>
These discoveries are hoped to encourage the government to protect the area, which is close to a "peace park" created in the late 90s after decades of conflict. More photos and videos are available from <A href="http://www.conservation.org/learn/species/discoveries/where/south_america/Pages/nangaritza.aspx">Conservation International</A>.<A href="http://www.conservation.org/learn/species/discoveries/where/south_america/Pages/nangaritza.aspx"></A></P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/7011925D-0CF6-4BD5-88A6-622230E57516/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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