Glass frogs presentation - video news report

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1. 00:00News reporter Kylie Gill reporting live from the TFAA news room on Two New Species of Glass Frogs.
2. 00:06The Southern Tropical Andes region is one of the world's most biodiverse regions.
3. 00:12Many different species of glass frogs live there. Glass frogs are translucent.
4. 00:18Most species are only translucent on their stomachs. Recently, 2 new species were discovered.
5. 00:25The 2 new species of frogs were dubbed Mashpi glass frog and Noun's glass frog.
6. 00:32There are many different species of glass frogs still unknown to science.
7. 00:36According to evolutionary scientists, there are so many species because of cryptic diversity.
8. 00:43Cryptic diversity is when there are many species that look identical but are different species.
9. 00:50These species are genetically different because of their distance apart.
10. 00:54Because of how much we don't know, the most diverse place in Ecuador is the Andes, not the Amazon.
11. 01:01These species are also endangered due to human activities, like deforestation and mining.
12. 01:08This is news reporter Kylie Gill reporting from the TFAA news room on Glass frogs :)
13. 01:14Sources: https://www.dogonews.com/2022/3/31/two-new-species-of-glass-frogs-discovered-in-ecuador