Rizal's species

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Did you know that three animal species named after Rizal? Owing to Rizal's likeness about biology.The Draco Rizali, a lizard commonly known as tambukaka; the Rachophorous Rizali, a rare toad indigeneous to Mindanao; and the Apogonia Rizali, a small beetle. He himself discovered those while in Dapitan.

(Rizal 150th Birth Anniversary, June 19, 2011)

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