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New species found in Ecuador
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2010-01-26 14:59
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Lungless Salamander
Like nearly half of the new species announced by RAEI in January 2010, the salamander -- which is not a new species -- dwells on Cerro Pata de Pájaro. The cloud forest-capped mountain straddles the Equator six miles (ten kilometers) from the Pacific Ocean.
The few square miles of forest here are home to 14 new species found nowhere else.
 This lungless salamander, which breathes through its skin, is one of three similar species RAEI scientists spotted in Ecuadorian forests. [CCTV] |
