Tucked into the southeast corner of Ecuador is a low, but steep and heavily forested range of mountains called the Cordillera del Condor. The area has managed to remain largely untamed and uncharted. Recently, researchers began exploring the great biodiversity there. Two scientists studying the area, David Brito-Zapata and Carolina Reyes-Puig, found, among other things, a new species of frog.
The frog is a somewhat sporty
little number with coppery-red eyes and a mottled, yellow, brown, black and
orange skin.
The cool thing about
discovering a new species is that you get to give it a name.
Just so you know, should I ever
unearth a new kind of anything, it will carry a scientific name with either “MitchHegmanus
or “yabbadabbado” somewhere in the mix.
In the event of naming the new
frog, our two scientists came to consensus on a more unusual designation. The bright-eyed little frog the pair found now
carries the name Pristimantis ledzeppelin,
known in English as Led Zeppelin’s Rain Frog.
Long live rock!
Led Zeppelin’s Rain Frog
—Mitchell Hegman
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