Pristimantis gretathunbergae

Pristimantis gretathunbergae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Family:	Strabomantidae
Genus:	Pristimantis
Species:	P. gretathunbergae
Binomial name
Pristimantis gretathunbergae Mebert, González-Pinzón, Miranda, Griffith, Vesely, Schmid & Batista, 2022[1]

Pristimantis gretathunbergae, dubbed Greta Thunberg's rainfrog, is a species of frog in the family Strabomantidae, native to Panama.[2] It is named in honor of Greta Thunberg, a climate activist.[3] It lives in small pools of water held in bromeliads growing on the cloud forests of Mount Chucantí and other mountains of the Darién Gap, and of central Panama.[4][5]

The type specimen was discovered by an international team of biologists led by Abel Batista, from Panama, and Konrad Mebert from Switzerland in Cerro Chucantí, a private reserve located in the province of Darién.[6] The specimen was name after Greta Thunberg and activist, due to their natural environment facing changes with the climate, endangering the organism. Moreover, this species appearance the frog has dark iris, which is different from its other fellow species as they typically paler irises. Additionally, they have a pale light-colored upper lip and a groin coloration which varies from red to a cream color In addition, at night, the frog is known to be seen 0.5 to 3 meter above the ground. While in daytime it spends most of its time on bromeliads, where it engages in vocalization. [7]

References

1. "Pristimantis gretathunbergae Mebert, González-Pinzón, Miranda, Griffith, Vesely, Schmid & Batista, 2022". ZooBank.org. International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. 2022. Archived from the original on 16 January 2022. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
2. "Pristimantis gretathunbergae Mebert, González-Pinzón, Miranda, Griffith, Veselý, Schmid, and Batista, 2022 | Amphibian Species of the World". amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org. Retrieved 2022-10-21.
3. Mebert, Konrad; González-Pinzón, Macario; Miranda, Madian; Griffith, Edgardo; Vesely, Milan; Schmid, P. Lennart; Batista, Abel (10 January 2022). "A new rainfrog of the genus Pristimantis (Anura, Brachycephaloidea) from central and eastern Panama". ZooKeys (1081): 1–34. Bibcode:2022ZooK.1081....1M. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1081.63009. ISSN 1313-2970. PMC 8763812. PMID 35087294. Archived from the original on 12 January 2022. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
4. Kimbrough, Liz (11 January 2022). "In Panama, a tiny rainfrog named after Greta Thunberg endures". Mongabay. Archived from the original on 12 January 2022. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
5. "New species of rain frog named in honour of Greta Thunberg". Innovation News Network. 2022-01-11. Archived from the original on 2022-01-11. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
6. "Descubren una nueva especie de rana en Panamá y la bautizan Greta Thunberg". 11 January 2022. Archived from the original on 2022-01-13. Retrieved 2022-01-13.
7. Mebert, K., González-Pinzón, M., Miranda, M., Griffith, E., Vesely, M., Schmid, P. L., & Batista, A. (2022a, January 10). A new rainfrog of the genus Pristimantis (Anura,Brachycephaloidea) from Central and eastern Panama. ZooKeys. https://zookeys-pensoft.net/article/63009