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Citizen scientist finds exotic frog species in her garden

Retiree notices unusual behaviour of new visitors and sets about finding what they are

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Noel Low

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When Mrs Hedy Vaithilingam, 70, was in her garden one morning she noticed a few tiny frogs in her orchid pot.
It piqued her interest, but little did she know that she had stumbled upon an locally exotic species. "They were hopping around, and looked different from the toads that normally come to my garden," said the retired teacher, who lives in a terraced house in Jalan Mariam.
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