マレーシア・ニュース

新種のカエル、

ペナン ： マレーシアの科学大学の研究チームが、新種のカエルをペナンのグナン・ジェライ地区で発見した。通信教育学校のイブラヒム･ジャーファー教授は、このカエルの喉に袋状の様な器官があり、これまでのラナ･モンジャライ種とは異なっていると話した。またこのカエルの特徴は細いからだ、水かきのない手足、長い後ろ足であり、今後生息地、食べ物、繁殖方法を研究する予定と語る。多くのラナ・モンジャライ種はベトナム、ラオス地域でしか発見されておらず、生き物の多様性を世界に証明するため、この発見はマレーシアにとって良いニュースだと言える。今回の発見によってカエルの種類は、マレー半島で105種、国全体で165種となった。

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　　　　　　　　　今回発見された新種のカエル

[ 1月12日　0：27　MCS]

ニュース・ソース

New frog species found

PENANG : A team of Universiti Sains Malaysia researchers have found a new species of frog at Gunung Jerai.
Assoc Prof Ibrahim Jaafar from the School of Distance Education said the male frog of the Rana monjerai species had pouches in the throat that differentiated it from other frog species.
"These gular pouches are for calling out to the females,which outsize the males. So far this species has only been known to exist on Gunung Jerai. The specimens were found perching on rocks and sandy banks along a mountain stream," he said yesterday.
He said these frogs had slender bodies un webbed feet and long hind limbs.
Assoc Prof Ibrahim said most of the South-East Asian Rana species were discovered in Vietnam and Laos.
"The discovery is good news for Malaysia,which is one among 12 countries in the world acknowledged for mega bio-diversity," he added.
Assoc Prof Ibrahim said their next step was to study the species' habitat,food,reproduction and growth.
"This species and other similar ones are mostly found in rivers and streams that are clean,clear,unpolluted and undisturbed, They can be considered as biological indicators for assessing the health of a river system or the environment as a whole,"he said,adding that there were now 105 listed species of frogs in the peninsula,out of the 165 in the country.



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