FlonkNews: Return of the Indian Purple Pig-Nosed Frog

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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mp 10

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Mysterious and multifold is the Way of the Potato.

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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_.
>
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>
>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.

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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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smeeter 11 or maybe 12

mp 10

mhm 29x13

You want a job and a lizard to ride?

< _The Einstein Intersection_

 

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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