FlonkNews: Return of the Indian Purple Pig-Nosed Frog

[mimus]

BANGALORE: A purple frog with a pig-like snout, thought to be

near-extinct, has been found alive in a field close to the Kerala Forest

Research Institute at Peechi near Thrissur town in Kerala.

First reported in India eight years ago, the rare frog species is closely

linked to a similar frog found only in the island group of the

Seychelles-- suggesting the affinity between the Western Ghats and the

Indian Ocean archipelago. Just over 8 cm in length and weighing 142 gm,

the frog, which lives mostly under soil was found by a farm worker

planting tuber crops. The KFRI researchers brought the frog to their

campus and identified it as the species _Nasikabatrachus sahyadrenis_,

never before reported in the district. "It is almost a living fossil,"

K.K. Ramachandran, head of the KFRI's Wildlife Biology Division, told _The

Hindu_.

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http://www.hindu.com/2008/12/25/stories/2008122557272400.htm

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smeeter 11 or maybe 12

mp 10

mhm 29x13

Mysterious and multifold is the Way of the Potato.

< _Against the Day_

 

[david hillstrom]

On Wed, 24 Dec 2008 21:01:12 -0500, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>

wrote:


>BANGALORE: A purple frog with a pig-like snout, thought to be


>near-extinct, has been found alive in a field close to the Kerala Forest


>Research Institute at Peechi near Thrissur town in Kerala.


>


>First reported in India eight years ago, the rare frog species is closely


>linked to a similar frog found only in the island group of the


>Seychelles-- suggesting the affinity between the Western Ghats and the


>Indian Ocean archipelago. Just over 8 cm in length and weighing 142 gm,


>the frog, which lives mostly under soil was found by a farm worker


>planting tuber crops. The KFRI researchers brought the frog to their


>campus and identified it as the species _Nasikabatrachus sahyadrenis_,


>never before reported in the district. "It is almost a living fossil,"


>K.K. Ramachandran, head of the KFRI's Wildlife Biology Division, told _The


>Hindu_.


>


><photo:>


>


>http://www.hindu.com/2008/12/25/stories/2008122557272400.htm

thats pretty homely. like its been beaten horribly All The Time.

talk about a curse or plague! i mean, this certainly does ~not~ fit

in with intelligent design crew. i bet it tastes bad. okimdonenow.

--

dave hillstrom xrbj

 

[mimus]

On Thu, 25 Dec 2008 19:00:37 -0500, david hillstrom wrote:


> On Wed, 24 Dec 2008 21:01:12 -0500, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>


> wrote:


>


>> BANGALORE: A purple frog with a pig-like snout, thought to be


>> near-extinct, has been found alive in a field close to the Kerala


>> Forest Research Institute at Peechi near Thrissur town in Kerala.


>>


>> First reported in India eight years ago, the rare frog species is


>> closely linked to a similar frog found only in the island group of the


>> Seychelles-- suggesting the affinity between the Western Ghats and the


>> Indian Ocean archipelago. Just over 8 cm in length and weighing 142


>> gm, the frog, which lives mostly under soil was found by a farm worker


>> planting tuber crops. The KFRI researchers brought the frog to their


>> campus and identified it as the species _Nasikabatrachus sahyadrenis_,


>> never before reported in the district. "It is almost a living fossil,"


>> K.K. Ramachandran, head of the KFRI's Wildlife Biology Division, told


>> _The Hindu_.


>>


>> <photo:>


>>


>> http://www.hindu.com/2008/12/25/stories/2008122557272400.htm


>


> thats pretty homely. like its been beaten horribly All The Time. talk


> about a curse or plague! i mean, this certainly does ~not~ fit in with


> intelligent design crew. i bet it tastes bad. okimdonenow.

I think it's attractive, myself.

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tinmimus99@hotmail.com

smeeter 11 or maybe 12

mp 10

mhm 29x13

You want a job and a lizard to ride?

< _The Einstein Intersection_

 

[david hillstrom]

On Thu, 25 Dec 2008 19:15:33 -0500, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>

wrote:


>On Thu, 25 Dec 2008 19:00:37 -0500, david hillstrom wrote:


>


>> On Wed, 24 Dec 2008 21:01:12 -0500, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>


>> wrote:


>>


>>> BANGALORE: A purple frog with a pig-like snout, thought to be


>>> near-extinct, has been found alive in a field close to the Kerala


>>> Forest Research Institute at Peechi near Thrissur town in Kerala.


>>>


>>> First reported in India eight years ago, the rare frog species is


>>> closely linked to a similar frog found only in the island group of the


>>> Seychelles-- suggesting the affinity between the Western Ghats and the


>>> Indian Ocean archipelago. Just over 8 cm in length and weighing 142


>>> gm, the frog, which lives mostly under soil was found by a farm worker


>>> planting tuber crops. The KFRI researchers brought the frog to their


>>> campus and identified it as the species _Nasikabatrachus sahyadrenis_,


>>> never before reported in the district. "It is almost a living fossil,"


>>> K.K. Ramachandran, head of the KFRI's Wildlife Biology Division, told


>>> _The Hindu_.


>>>


>>> <photo:>


>>>


>>> http://www.hindu.com/2008/12/25/stories/2008122557272400.htm


>>


>> thats pretty homely. like its been beaten horribly All The Time. talk


>> about a curse or plague! i mean, this certainly does ~not~ fit in with


>> intelligent design crew. i bet it tastes bad. okimdonenow.


>


>I think it's attractive, myself.

apparently.

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dave hillstrom xrbj