Despite global amphibian decline, number of known species soars
Tuesday, July 31, 2012 - 09:31
in Biology & Nature
Publicity over the past 25 years about the decline of amphibians worldwide has had one positive effect: More and more biologists began scouring the planet for new or lost species of frogs and salamanders and found thousands more. Nearly 3,000 new ones have been discovered, raising the number of known species to 7,000, an increase of nearly 75 percent.