Hula frog (Latonia nigriventer) | Oz Rittner
Type Hula Frog (Latonia nigriventer) which have been declared extinct for decades have been rediscovered. The researchers not only found the back of species has been considered extinct, but they also have to uncover some secrets about this species.
Type Hula Frog (Latonia nigriventer) was first declared extinct by conservation agencies internesional the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) in 1996. Hula frog (Latonia nigriventer) is the first amphibian species declared extinct by the IUCN. In 1996 the species was declared extinct because it has not met in a long time. The natural habitat of the frog Hula (Latonia nigriventer) is the Hula Valley wetlands have dried up since 1955.
Status extinction of frog species Hula (Latonia nigriventer) in 2011 after a conservation team to patrol and found the adult male of this species. And subsequent search effort was successfully found 10 other individuals.
A palaeontologist at the Hebrew Universitu Yesusalem and also co-author of research "Rebecca Biton" said the Hula frog species discovery (Latonia nigriventer) is a wonderful thing. The statement as published by the latest edition of Nature Communications. The researchers not only feel grateful to find Hula frog species (Latonia nigriventer), but the researchers have also discovered that the Hula frog color is the only member of the genus frog "Latnonia" long-lost (extinct). Hula frog species (Latonia nigriventer) is the only descendant of the "Latnonia" that still exist.
Analysis and conclusions are based on genetic and morphological analysis of the Hula frog. The morphology Frog Hula (Latonia nigriventer) is very similar to the frog genus Latonia than the type of frog species that exist in the Middle East. The same thing can be seen from the analysis of genetics.
Refecca Biton also explains, as quoted in LiveScience on 06-06-2013 Thursday that the Hula frog is not as previously thought. He explained that other frogs of the genus Latonia initially spread to Europe but has been extinct since around 1 million years ago.
Berdasarhan conservation and research results to the Hula frog species (Latonia nigriventer) in the Hula Valley is estimated there are 100-200 Indovidu colored Hula frog. There are plans to re-wet the Hula valley so that the frog species can live and not extinct. Current status of the Hula frog (Latonia nigriventer) are threatened with extinction.
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