Interest

Endemic to Catalonia. Listed as Critically Endangered by IUCN. It is the most endangered amphibian in Europe.

Distribution and origin of the sample

Restricted to a very small area inside the Parc Natural del Montseny (Catalonia).

Principal investigator

Tomas Marques-Bonet. Institut de Biologia Evolutiva (IBE, CSIC-UPF).

Salvador Carranza. Institut de Biologia Evolutiva (IBE, CSIC-UPF).

Funding

Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) and Oxford Nanopore Technologies (ONT).

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