Nine species of bush frogs discovered in Western Ghats:Nine new species of bush frogs were discovered in the Western Ghats by scientists from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore. Bush frogs are a miniature frog species distributed throughout South and South East Asia.Findings of the discovery were published in international journal Zootaxa. IISc team that discovered these species was led by S P Vijayakumar and Kartik Shanker. All the nine species of bush frogs belong to the genus Raorchestes frogs, which are distributed across the Western Ghats. Some of these discovered frogs are tiny as a thumbnail while other are brightly coloured or plain slimy. The project was funded by the Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF) and Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR - India). Forest departments from Kerala, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu also supported the team in their study. Earlier in June 2014, scientists had also discovered 14 new species of dancing frogs in the Western Ghats of southern India. The Indian Dancing frogs are scientifically known as Micrixalidae and their family comprises a single genus Micrixalus.
Posted on: Thu, 11 Dec 2014 05:48:11 +0000
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