Photos: ‘Lost amphibian’ search makes good: three ‘extinct’ species rediscovered

Mongabay: A search for 100 of the world's 'lost amphibians'--unseen for decades and in many cases supposed extinct--have turned up three species so far, one of which hasn't been recorded since the Nazis were bombing London. The lost amphibian expeditions, formed by Conservation International (CI) and the IUCN Amphibian Specialist Group (ASG), have found surviving populations of the cave splayfoot salamander (Chiropterotriton Mosaueri) in Mexico, the Mount Nimba reed frog (Hyperolius Nimbae) in the ......

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