Breeding of endangered Loa water frogs celebrated in Chile
4 years, 2 months ago

Breeding of endangered Loa water frogs celebrated in Chile

Hindustan Times  

A clutch of critically-endangered water frogs rescued from a muddy puddle in Chile’s driest desert has birthed 200 offspring at the country’s national zoo, the Chilean government announced on Wednesday. The Loa water frogs, a tiny and beguiling dark-spotted amphibian also known as Telmatobius dankoi, mated between Oct. 11 and 12. The frogs are native to a stream outside Calama, a fast-growing northern mining city of 180,000, but amid intensive industrial activity and development the river became polluted and dried up. He hailed the new arrivals as “an important step that reinforces our commitment to the protection of native fauna.” At least 63 known species of water frogs live across Latin America.

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