'He is indeed the best of animals,' replied Rat, 'So simple, so good-natured, and so affectionate. Perhaps he's not very clever - we can't all be geniuses, and it may be that he is both boastful and conceited. But he has got some great qualities, has Toady.'

Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Australian toadlet.

Today I found 2 articles about a small Australian toad that was recently discovered. It is called the Pilbara toadlet and the scientific name is Uperoleia saxatilis. Both articles are about the same thing, but I think the one from cosmosmagazine.com is more descriptive.

It is about 2 centimeters long and it is a burrowing frog. It can be found in creeks and rocky gorges.The discovery of this toadlet proves that  there is more diversity in Australia's amphibians than scientists thought. Including the Pilbara toadlet, there are about 27 toadlet species. apparently, little is known about the Pilbara toadlet. they might have studied it more now because both of the articles are from July 26.

a picture that was in both of the articles
cosmosmagazine.com/new australian toadlet species discovered

www.upi.com/Tiny toad found in Australian desert