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New species found in Ecuador
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2010-01-26 14:59
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Heart of Glass
This so-called glass frog's transparent body lacks pigmentation and reveals its organs in action -- including a beating heart.
More than 150 species of glass frogs are found in rain forest trees across Central and South America, RAEI says (pictures of tropical rain forests). But many are feeling pressures like those that threaten their frog relatives worldwide.
 This lungless salamander, which breathes through its skin, is one of three similar species RAEI scientists spotted in Ecuadorian forests. [CCTV.com] |
