Lost Frog species are found again

A number of amphibian species status of the mysterious. They have not declared extinct, but also did not reveal its existence for several decades. Some biologists conduct scientific expedition to find the species of amphibians are "lost" it, for example in the Congo. After traveling for two years since 2009, scientists discovered five types of frogs which are all unique. The existence of a frog that really has been described since 1950, but they seemed to hide themselves from humans. One type of frog found in leucotaenius Hyperolius. This frog has a transparent skin so that the internal organs and eggs can even be seen. This frog species found in Elila River, southeastern Congo.

Hyperolius leucotaenius has a green head and body colored transparent plastic tub. This frog also has a pattern of yellow and orange lines the ends of the legs. No reason is not clear why the frog has a transparent body. In addition, there are three species found in upland areas Itombwe, southeastern Congo. Two of them are cupreonitens Chrysobatrachus asper body which has the colors green and brown and Phrynobatrachus which have thick fleshy foot. Asper Phrynobatrachus invention is a unique species. This species was rediscovered in 2009 when a village in the highlands offer Itombwe dinner made from frogs to scientists.

One species from the highlands again Itombwe is a frog or Arthroleptis pyrrhoscelis fingernails. The development of unique in that it does not pass through the frog tadpole phase. While the second is a species of Hyperolius chrysogaster, Kahuzi-Biega is found in National Park, eastern Congo. Expedition rediscovery of the lost amphibians is led by El Greenbaum, a biologist at the University of Texas at El Paso. The expedition was funded in part by a committee of research and exploration, National Geographic Society. "The discovery of my team to prove that the forest is (in Congo) is still unexplored. There are a lot of biodiversity in there and not too late to redouble our efforts in conservation," said Greenbaum.