Rainbow Frog Appeared Again at Kalimantan ( Borneo island ) Indonesia After 87 Years

Scientists are combing the mountains in Borneo, Kalimantan rainbow frog species encountered have never been found since the last 87 years. This time, they managed to conserve and photograph the first rainbow of Borneo frog photo world.

Previously, the documentation just frog it is illustrated Conservation International, a nonprofit organization that focuses on environmental sustainability including rainbow frog kalimantan (Ansonia latidisca) in the list of "Top 10 Most Wanted Missing Frogs." The institute has also expressed concern that the frog may have already become extinct. Beetle was last seen by European explorers in 1924.

According Indraneil Das, a professor from the Sarawak University Malaysia, who led the expedition, they do a search since last August but could not find frogs. After focusing Penrissen melt into the mountains that are rarely explored during the last century, they found three tails A.latidisca lived in three different trees. Frogs were found consisting of a male frog and female frog, and a baby frog.

"It's nice to know that nature can deliver a shock when we almost gave up, especially in the current extinction crisis continues to spread across our planet," said Robon Moore, amphibian specialist researchers from Conservation International in announcing the findings.

Although succeed to find, Das and his team refused to reveal the exact position of the frog to avoid arrest because of high demand for colorful amphibians. However, the researchers will continue to find out about this population of frogs in Penrissen.
From National Geographic Indonesia