We've stopped naming things after ancient deities and started naming them after Star Trek Captains. Good work everyone
@euderma44.bsky.socialSeven new treefrog species have been named after iconic Star Trek captains: Kirk, Picard, Janeway, Sisko, Archer, Burnham, and Pike!
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Seven new treefrog species named after iconic Star Trek captains!
Finding these frogs sometimes requires considerable trekking; pursuing strange new calls, to seek out new frogs in new forests; boldly going where no herpetologist has gone before. — Vences et al. …