Good morning,
Whitewater’s forecast calls for a wintry mix, of drizzle, sleet, and snow showers, with a temperature falling from the forties.
Over at ScienceNews.org, there’s a story of discovery, entitled, Amphibian debuts: Hunt for lost frog turns up new species in Colombian rain forests. Rachel Ehrenberg writes that
Finally some good news on the frog and toad front: Scientists on an amphibian expedition in Colombia’s cloud and rain forests discovered three new species, including a tiny beaked toad….
A new species of rocket frog, a kind of poison dart frog belonging to the genus Silverstoneia, also was described for the first time. As was a toad so unfamiliar that researchers can report only that it has bright red eyes and lives high in the Chocó montane rain forest.
There’s something endearing about that description: “so unfamiliar that researchers can report only that it has bright red eyes and lives high in the Chocó montane rain forest.”
For those in Wisconsin interested in seeing amphibians close up, there’s an exhibit at the Milwaukee Public Museum entitled, Frogs: A Chorus of Colors, with a score of species on display. The exhibit runs through January 2nd, 2011.