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Old 04-16-2014, 01:50 PM   #1
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Climate change likely culprit in coqui frog's altered calls, say biologists

The abundant Puerto Rican coqui frog has experienced changes since the 1980s that are likely due to global warming, biologists report. The call of the male coqui became shorter and higher pitched, and the animal itself has become smaller. The study is the first to show the effect of temperature change on a species of frogs in the tropics over a period of more two decades.



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