In 2018, in celebration of its 30th anniversary, US-based nonprofit environmental organisation Rainforest Trust hosted an auction offering naming rights to newly discovered species. One of those species was a rainfrog discovered in Panama, Central America, and the auction winner decided to name the frog in honour of Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg.
Check out some adorable photos of the frog below.
The naming of Greta Thunberg's Rainfrog (Pristimantis gretathunbergae) reflects the threat that climate warming poses on the Chucanti Reserve where the frog was discovered. The Mount Chucanti region has lost more than 30% forest cover in the last 10 years.
Abel Batista, Ph.D. (Panama) and Konrad Mebert, Ph.D. (Switzerland) (above) along with their international team (below) published their discovery and naming of Greta Thunberg's Rainfrog in ZooKeys.
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Image source: Konrad Mebert and Abel Batista in ZooKeys (Greta Thunberg's Rainfrog and discovery team); Markus Schweizer (Greta Thunberg)
