The discovery could have far-reaching implications for our understanding of the behaviour and ecology of amphibians, many of which are threatened by disease, habitat destruction and illegal trade.
The real extinction problem, he says, is human population pressure: habitat destruction, pesticide abuse, overharvesting, and species invasion.
With an area of 25 hectares - the size of 50 football fields - going up in smoke every minute, it's clear that wildlife there is massively at risk from habitat destruction.
