Lungless Frog

This frog was discovered in Kalimantan province on Borneo. No surprise about the location, really, since all sorts of weird critters are discovered in remote locations of Indonesia or South America.

It has no lungs, and gets its oxygen through its skin.

Bickford surmised that the frog had evolved to adapt to its difficult surroundings, in which it has to navigate cold, rapidly moving streams that are rich in oxygen.

The rest of the article goes on to turn into a plea to save the frog and stop the illegal gold mining in Kalimantan, but talks about thousands of these frogs in the swift-moving rivers. Alright. They're in a remote area, illegal mining occurs there, and all that, but I can't really see that they're automatically endangered just because they've been newly discovered and classified as "an ancient species."

Don't get me wrong. I'm not in favor of illegal mining, or cyanide dumping. But it's a bit of a stretch to say that the pollution from illegal mining is automatically making them endangered, especially when thousands have been found. These streams are "swift-moving," so in theory, at least, the cyanide washes through pretty quickly, and isn't a 24/7 occurrance.