Researchers found a tree frog to set the highest record of frog habitat

BEIJING, October 28 in Kunming electric (Dongjin Long Yun Deng) reporter on the 28th from Zhong Keyuan Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden was informed that the researchers Xishuangbanna National Forest Ecosystem Research Station field in a local found a high Parashorea The black-webbed tree frog stays at a height of 57 meters, setting a new record for the highest roost of frogs
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It is reported that the highest record of frogs inhabiting was the gray tree frog found on the 20.
5-meter-high trunk of North American pine in Wisconsin
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According to scientific researchers, Wangtianshu is a symbolic and established species of the tropical seasonal rain forest in Xishuangbanna.
It is the uppermost species of the forest canopy in the region.
The height can reach 80 meters, often 10-20 meters beyond other forest canopies
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In the next step, researchers will continue to use the forest tower crane platform to carry out follow-up studies, and try to answer "How did the black webbed tree frog climb here? Is this area the normal habitat of the black webbed tree frog? How does this species of tree frog adapt? Canopy microclimate environment with low relative humidity and high temperature? Is the lighter body color of the two tree frogs found a specific variation to adapt to the canopy environment? How many amphibians are still undiscovered in the forest canopy?” and other questions
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The discovery, titled "Treefrogs near the top of a tropical rainforest", was published in Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment a few days ago
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