Hungarian researcher discovers new species

New species was discovered by Dr. Judit Vörös, curator of the Hungarian Natural History Museum, 24.hu reports. The new species is called Phyllodytes amadoi, and it is a species of Phyllodytes belonging to the genus of tree-frogs (Hylidae). The new species was discovered in the Atlantic Rainforest in Brazil.

Dr. Judit Vörös is the curator of the Hungarian Natural History Museum and senior curator of the Collection of Amphibians and Reptiles. She is an internationally known expert of the tree-fog genus (Hylidae). She travelled to the city of Ilhéus, Brazil, to discover a new species of tree-frogs.

Tree-frogs are active at night, so the research group led by Vörös was working at night, investigating an isolated part of the Atlantic Forest with the help of flashlights. The team had been searching for weeks before they came across this little guy.

The team was paying close attention to Bromelia leaves, because the foliage in most Bromelioids are spined and they grow to form a rosette where water is caught and stored. These small bodies of water form distinct ecosystems, providing homes for many animals, plants and fungus. The first Phyllodytes amadoi was discovered sitting on such a leaf.