Introducing Rana kauffeldi , the first amphibian to be discovered in New York since the Fowler ’s toad in 1882 . Crazily enough , the elusive ‘ inscrutable ’ leopard salientian has gone unnoticed elsewhere ; the darned thing is widespread along the Atlantic Coast of the United States .
Details of the new frog are being reported in the scientific journalPLOS ONE . The research worker were able-bodied to distinguish it from other species establish on its unique call — a unmarried “ chuck ” alternatively of the “ pulsed ak - Last Frontier - ak ” and “ saw logs - comparable cry ” characteristic of two similar species . A molecular analysis of its transmissible profile also examine the existence of the until now undescribed species .
Specimens have since been identified in seven U.S. United States Department of State as as far south as North Carolina . DNA from the species has also been collected in New York , New Jersey and Connecticut .
“ [ This ] discovery distinctly shew that human cognition of the lifelike world remains incomplete even in the comfortably - known locales , ” note lead author Jeremy Feinberg in the study . And because it was observe in a well - document urban neighborhood , “ occasional next discoveries from well - catalogue area may go along . ”
image : Feinberg et al / PLOS
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