Ecuadorean Tree Frog |
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The tropical frog Epipedobates tricolor is the original source of the chemical epibatidine, which Abbott chemists converted into the drug ABT-594. Picture courtesy of Scott P. McRobert, Ph.D., of St. Josephís University (Philadelphia, PA). See the Rainforest Alliance site: http://www.rainforest-alliance.org/kzf.html for more on tropical frogs |