Researchers left by helicopter in inaccessible and distant cannon South Africa They say they have discovered A type (A small reptile of the family’s ‘Philotactyliday’ Believed he was extinctOr it never existed.
Dangerous Wildlife Foundation Organization announced on Wednesday that its two researchers found Copies of Jaco -Shekonitz family type of squamus reptiles It was originally identified in the same cannon in the Mumalanga province, In the northeast of South AfricaIn 1991, but it was not found again.
Surrounded by the mysterious lizard over the next three decades: Whether he turned off or the two male models found at the beginning were actually another type of men, as some suggested?
Researchers Darren Peterson and John Davis returned to the same place last month and decided to find out and resolve the Blyt Rondivel Flat Order Safety is a mystery It was annoying Peterson.
What is the “lost” race?
L kego de flight rondavel I haven’t appeared for more than 10 yearsSo it was considered a “lost” race. The International Union for the Protection of Nature (IUCN), the authority of the threatened creatures, is classified as a species with adequate data, which means that it does not seem to be sure to know. He had hugged.
“It bother me to keep a race that does not have enough data”Says Peterson. “I have always wanted to have other creatures that others did not read because they are very difficult or dark to find out.” Peterson said the trial trip was gestured for two years, seeking permission for at least six demands.
They left the top of the cannon’s most symbolic circular rock out of the top of Rocks with a height of more than 100 meters They were not easily climbed, and the Jekos were considered too much. It was right The same expression of the discovery of Salamankuas in 1991.
There were only Peterson and Davis Camp is three days On the exterior to finding the Solomangvis, they are measured from 8 to 9 centimeters as they are fully developed. “When we got it, we were so exciting. Nothing else”Said Peterson. They saw 20 to 30 copies and seven photographed, giving the world to the world who lost three decades.
The fifth animal has been re -discovered in recent years
According to the dangerous Wildlife Foundation System, the data collected, including tissue samples confirm it This is a different race. This is the fifth re -discovered animal in recent years.
It was discovered in 2021 A mole living in sand duts It has not been found for more than 80 years and a butterfly has been re -found in the last four years, A lizard And a frog, the species lost for decades of guardians. How much they all prove It is to know about the world’s biodiversitySaid the dangerous Wildlife Foundation.
