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| This frog of the genus Boophis is one of over 200 new species discovered in a recent survey completed in Madagascar in 2009 |
The ecological wealth of Madagascar is often cited to be vast, complex and extremely beautiful. Its diversity is still only beginning to be uncovered by science and other disciplines which is evident by the discovery of over 200 new amphibian species during a new survey conducted in 2009. In the last 15 years scientists have found over 100 new frog species alone, demonstrating that a lot more species can be found on the island than previous estimations suggested.
Frank Glaw, herpetology curator at Munich's Zoologische Staatssammlung, said in a statement. "Our new surveys show, there are more species than we suspected."
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