Extinct species of rocket frog described based on a single specimen kept for 62 years (IMAGE)

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Extinct species of rocket frog described based on a single specimen kept for 62 years

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Despite being quite dried out, the only known specimen of the animal allowed it to be identified as a new species to science 

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Taran Grant/IB-USP

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