Griffith University: Study Highlights Overlooked Hotspot Of Frog Diversity
November 08, 2022
November 08, 2022
GOLD COAST, Australia, Nov. 8 (TNSjou) -- Griffith University issued the following news:
In a recently published paper, a global team of scientists show that Melanesia, which is centred around New Guinea, is home to around 7% of the world's frogs in less than 1% of the world's land area.
"In the last 20 years scientists have described hundreds of new frogs from New Guinea," says lead author Dr Paul Oliver, from Griffith's Centre for Planetary He . . .
In a recently published paper, a global team of scientists show that Melanesia, which is centred around New Guinea, is home to around 7% of the world's frogs in less than 1% of the world's land area.
"In the last 20 years scientists have described hundreds of new frogs from New Guinea," says lead author Dr Paul Oliver, from Griffith's Centre for Planetary He . . .