Je découvre la dure vie des herpétologues (spécialistes des amphibiens et reptiles) :
"Not one frog was caught without considerable pursuit, often over distances >10 m. When a frog was discovered under a rock or leaf, the frog escaped immediately by making a rapid succession of jumps, and changing direction quickly. Some jumped into small pools of water and attempted to swim away, but they are relatively slow swimmers and easily captured in the water."
(Texte issu de l'article "A New Species of Colostethus (Anura: Dendrobatidae) from Martinique, French Antilles" https://www.jstor.org/stable/3892871)
Imaginer des scientifiques dans un ravin escarpé de la montagne Pelée, dans la touffeur de la forêt tropicale, courir après une #grenouille de moins de 2 centimètres, m'a fait ma journée !