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New Living Fossil Discovered in India

Posted by michael on from the fugly dept.

pyr0 writes "A new species of frog has been discovered in Southern India. This species dates back 130 million years ago, when portions of the supercontinent Gondwana broke away, and was long thought to have been extinct. Its closest relatives are known as 'Sooglossids' and are only found 3000km away on Seychelles in the Indian Ocean. The cool thing about this species? It's purple, and has what looks like a snout!"

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  1. Another Link by pyr0 · · Score: 2, Informative

    I came across another link since submitting the story. This one actually gives the name of this new species: Nasikabatrachus sahyadrensis

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