{
  "id": 12431248,
  "title": "Endangered Lantau toads show genetic and call differences that could signal an emerging species",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/endangered-lantau-toads-show-genetic-and-call-differences-that-could",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-06T17:20:05.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-10-endangered-lantau-toads-genetic-differences.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The short-legged horned toad (Boulenophrys brachykolos), listed as endangered on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species, is the only known small frog species in Hong Kong belonging to the genus Boulenophrys of the family Megophryidae.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}