Recent genetic and acoustic analyses have revealed that the treefrogs once all lumped into the species Boophis marojezensis actually belong to eight different species.  These newly described species — three of which are found at different elevations in Marojejy — have unique and distinctive calls resembling the beeps of electronic instruments, and thus have been named after captains of the Star Trek television series.  May these little frogs all live long and prosper!

Read more about the study on Mark Scherz’s website, and in the journal Vertebrate Zoology.