has been photographed in colour, the strange mix of colours can be put down to camouflage, a warning to predators not to eat it as it may be poisonous or both, despite its flamboyant appearance, the rainbow toad is known from only three specimens and a black-and-white drawing from the 1920s, a team led by ecologist Indraneil Das rediscovered the toad in the mountain jungles of western Sarawak, which is located between Malaysia's Sarawak state and Indonesia's Kalimantan Barat Province, I wonder what other of natures treasures are awaiting their turn to be rediscovered?
Friday, 15 July 2011
Last Seen In 1924,
the Sambas stream toad or Bornean rainbow toad, Ansonia latidisca,
has been photographed in colour, the strange mix of colours can be put down to camouflage, a warning to predators not to eat it as it may be poisonous or both, despite its flamboyant appearance, the rainbow toad is known from only three specimens and a black-and-white drawing from the 1920s, a team led by ecologist Indraneil Das rediscovered the toad in the mountain jungles of western Sarawak, which is located between Malaysia's Sarawak state and Indonesia's Kalimantan Barat Province, I wonder what other of natures treasures are awaiting their turn to be rediscovered?
has been photographed in colour, the strange mix of colours can be put down to camouflage, a warning to predators not to eat it as it may be poisonous or both, despite its flamboyant appearance, the rainbow toad is known from only three specimens and a black-and-white drawing from the 1920s, a team led by ecologist Indraneil Das rediscovered the toad in the mountain jungles of western Sarawak, which is located between Malaysia's Sarawak state and Indonesia's Kalimantan Barat Province, I wonder what other of natures treasures are awaiting their turn to be rediscovered?
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