Hula painted frog

English

Etymology

Named after Lake Hula in the Hula Valley, Israel.

Noun

Hula painted frog (plural Hula painted frogs)

  1. A species of painted frog, Latonia nigriventer.
    • 2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: The First 100 Million Years, Penguin, published 2019, page 42:
      The Hula painted frog is the ultimate Lazarus taxon: thought extinct for a million years, it was discovered clinging to life in a swamp on Europe's periphery.
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