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- Recently, researchers have discovered a new species of frogs from Siju cave system in the South Garo Hills district of Meghalaya.
- This is an uncommon habitat for this group of frogs, which is commonly found around cascades.
- It is a new species of the marmoratus group from a cave ecosystem.
- This is the second time that a frog was discovered from inside a cave in the country.
- The first being the discovery of the Micrixalus spelunca in 2014 from a cave in Tamil Nadu.
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