Comments on: First lungless frog discovered in Borneo http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2008/04/07/first-lungless-frog-discovered-in-borneo/ Mon, 26 Nov 2012 12:00:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Ed Yong http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2008/04/07/first-lungless-frog-discovered-in-borneo/#comment-224 Ed Yong Thu, 10 Apr 2008 23:19:32 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2008/04/07/first-lungless-frog-discovered-in-borneo/#comment-224 Hmm, they actually say that in the paper, and I think they mean the groups excluding the frog. I've amended the article to include the frog, so it should now read four. Cheers. Hmm, they actually say that in the paper, and I think they mean the groups excluding the frog. I’ve amended the article to include the frog, so it should now read four. Cheers.

]]> By: David Marjanović http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2008/04/07/first-lungless-frog-discovered-in-borneo/#comment-223 David Marjanović Thu, 10 Apr 2008 22:07:34 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2008/04/07/first-lungless-frog-discovered-in-borneo/#comment-223 <blockquote>Even so, the amphibians have only lost their lungs altogether three times during the course of their evolution.</blockquote> Four times: Plethodontidae, the hynobiid <i>Onychodactylus fischeri</i> (alone among many hynobiids, and not mentioned in the Wikipedia article), the caecilian <i>Atretochoana eiselti</i>, and <i>Barbourula kalimantanensis</i>.

Even so, the amphibians have only lost their lungs altogether three times during the course of their evolution.

Four times: Plethodontidae, the hynobiid Onychodactylus fischeri (alone among many hynobiids, and not mentioned in the Wikipedia article), the caecilian Atretochoana eiselti, and Barbourula kalimantanensis.

]]> By: Ed Yong http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2008/04/07/first-lungless-frog-discovered-in-borneo/#comment-222 Ed Yong Thu, 10 Apr 2008 10:14:44 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2008/04/07/first-lungless-frog-discovered-in-borneo/#comment-222 Sigh. It's like they take the press release and put tags around it. Sigh. It’s like they take the press release and put tags around it.

]]> By: Charlie Foxtrot http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2008/04/07/first-lungless-frog-discovered-in-borneo/#comment-221 Charlie Foxtrot Thu, 10 Apr 2008 07:31:54 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2008/04/07/first-lungless-frog-discovered-in-borneo/#comment-221 Poor little thing is not only endangered, but also being hijacked by the <a href="http://creationontheweb.com/content/view/5707" rel="nofollow"> creationists</a>... yeeesh... Poor little thing is not only endangered, but also being hijacked by the creationists…
yeeesh…

]]> By: Ed Yong http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2008/04/07/first-lungless-frog-discovered-in-borneo/#comment-220 Ed Yong Tue, 08 Apr 2008 05:21:18 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2008/04/07/first-lungless-frog-discovered-in-borneo/#comment-220 Fixed! Thanks. Fixed! Thanks.

]]> By: Sivasothi N. http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2008/04/07/first-lungless-frog-discovered-in-borneo/#comment-219 Sivasothi N. Tue, 08 Apr 2008 01:54:09 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2008/04/07/first-lungless-frog-discovered-in-borneo/#comment-219 Hi Ed, nice piece, thanks! Caught a typo - a missing "l" in the frog's specific epithet - <i>kalimantanensis</i> I linked to this post from our <a href="http://nusbiodiversity.wordpress.com/2008/04/08/lungless-frog-bickford-co/" rel="nofollow">dept blog</a>. Hi Ed, nice piece, thanks!
Caught a typo – a missing “l” in the frog’s specific epithet – kalimantanensis
I linked to this post from our dept blog.

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