An odd tree frog thought to be extinct rediscovered in India

A tree frog once believed to be extinct.
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Biologists in northeastern India were excited in 2007 when they saw a tree frog, the Polypedates jerdonii, for the first time in the wild since 1870. After researching the amphibian, they found that it is from a new genus, and christened it the Frankixalus jerdonii.

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Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.