A new species of mountain frog has been discovered in the rainforests of New South Wales (NSW), and Queensland, Australia.
The species Philoria knowlesi was discovered by researchers from universities, the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, and the South Australian Museum, alongside ecologists from the Department of Environment and Science (DES).
The DES and external researchers suspected the existence of an undiscovered mountain frog species in 2006 when they began to collect and analyse the DNA of mountain frog populations in areas of Queensland and NSW. The areas monitored by the research team were Mount Barney National Park and Levers Plateau in Northern NSW, which are within the Gondwana Rainforests, one of Australia’s UNESCO World Heritage sites….