ᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIES

Mylena Masache and the #frog #species she discovered *while an undergrad* at Pontificia Universidad Católica del #Ecuador in #Quito

She and her colleagues named the frog after Neisi Dajomes, the first Ecuadorian woman to win Olympic gold, at the Tokyo 2020 Games: Nymphargus dajomesae

The species is a glassfrog and is a sign of a much larger #amphibian hotspot in the Cordillera del Cóndor

Mylena is now in grad school at UC Berkeley

https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0345097

#science #biology #zoology

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Show threadDiaa-Ayyad 976h ago

@benroyce Amazing discovery! 👏🔬
The discovery of this type of glass frog truly demonstrates how rich and mysterious the biodiversity of the Cordillera del Condor mountains still is.

It's also wonderful to connect the discovery to local culture and achievements; this gives science a deeper human dimension. 💚 Best of luck to Milena and her team in their future research! 🌿