Pristimantis_gretathunbergae

<i>Pristimantis gretathunbergae</i>

Pristimantis gretathunbergae

Species of frog in the family Craugastoridae

Pristimantis gretathunbergae, dubbed Greta Thunberg's rainfrog, is a species of frog in the family Strabomantidae, native to Panama.[2] It is named in honor of Greta Thunberg, a climate activist.[3] It lives in small pools of water held in bromeliads growing on the cloud forests of Mount Chucantí and other mountains of the Darién Gap, and of central Panama.[4][5]

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The type specimen was discovered by an international team of biologists led by Abel Batista, from Panama, and Konrad Mebert from Switzerland in Cerro Chucantí, a private reserve located in the province of Darién.[6]

References

  1. [1]
    "Pristimantis gretathunbergae Mebert, González-Pinzón, Miranda, Griffith, Vesely, Schmid & Batista, 2022". ZooBank.org. International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. 2022. Archived from the original on 16 January 2022. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
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    "Pristimantis gretathunbergae Mebert, González-Pinzón, Miranda, Griffith, Veselý, Schmid, and Batista, 2022 | Amphibian Species of the World". amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org. Retrieved 2022-10-21.
  3. [3]
    Mebert, Konrad; González-Pinzón, Macario; Miranda, Madian; Griffith, Edgardo; Vesely, Milan; Schmid, P. Lennart; Batista, Abel (10 January 2022). "A new rainfrog of the genus Pristimantis (Anura, Brachycephaloidea) from central and eastern Panama". ZooKeys (1081): 1–34. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1081.63009. ISSN 1313-2970. PMC 8763812. PMID 35087294. Archived from the original on 12 January 2022. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
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    Kimbrough, Liz (11 January 2022). "In Panama, a tiny rainfrog named after Greta Thunberg endures". Mongabay. Archived from the original on 12 January 2022. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
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    "New species of rain frog named in honour of Greta Thunberg". Innovation News Network. 2022-01-11. Archived from the original on 2022-01-11. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  6. [6]
    "Descubren una nueva especie de rana en Panamá y la bautizan Greta Thunberg". 11 January 2022. Archived from the original on 2022-01-13. Retrieved 2022-01-13.


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