New frog found in Guyana’s ‘lost world’

The newly discovered micro-endemic frog species. (Photo courtesy of M. Hoelting and R. Ernst/Senckenberg via Mongabay.com)

A new species of poison dart frog has been discovered by scientists during a study to determine the impact of tourism on biodiversity in a tract of the Iwokrama Rainforest.

The scientists named the frog Allobates amissibilis— in Latin, “that may be lost” — in recognition of its home,