John Nyakura
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9 appearances
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first heard May 2026
last heard 14 May
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I think it's important to correct some of the details, to acknowledge local people who are also involved in collecting this material.
Because you can imagine someone travelling from London to a very remote place and discover a new species.
How come those people knew it on their own?
There should be a lot of local people who are also involved.
For me, it's a mixture of excitement, but also emotions.
And a very good example is this frog here, which is called Churamiti maridadi.
Churamiti is a, this is a Latin name, Churamiti maridadi, but basically it originated from Swahili, and it means a beautiful tree toad.
So, and it hasn't been seen for the last 20 years.
So currently they are considered to be probably extinct in the wild.
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