frog preserved in amber for 25 million years

The chunk of amber containing the almost 0.4-inch frog was uncovered by a miner in Mexico's southern Chiapas state in 2005 and was bought by a private collector, who lent it to scientists for study. This discovery was announced by the biologist Gerardo Carbot of the Chiapas Natural History and Ecology Institute. He said, that only a few other preserved frogs have been found in chunks of amber. Mostly in the Dominican Republic. Like those, the frog found in Chiapas appears to be of the genus Craugastor, whose descendants still inhabit the region.Carbot figures the frog lived 25 million years