Barbourula Kalimantanensis

Barbourula Kalimantanensis

Check out complete lunglessness in a frog. Scientists often call these frogs "Barbies" - short for their scientific name, Barbourula kalimantanensis.

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    Researchers working in Borneo have discovered the only known frog with no lungs, the team reported Monday.
    During an expedition on Indonesia's Borneo island in the summer of 2007, scientists discovered a species of frog, Barbourula ka
    Description. Barbourula kalimantanensis is a medium-sized frog (males 66 mm SVL, females 77.7 mm SVL) that is characterized by a distinct broad, extremely flattened, depressed head ...
    Iskandar (1978) described a second species of the genus, Barbourula kalimantanensis , from neighboring Borneo. Distribution and Habitat. Country distribution from AmphibiaWeb's database
    This page was last modified 12:39, 15 January 2008. Content is available under GNU Free Documentation License . Privacy policy; About Wikispecies; Disclaimers


       
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