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New Frog genera
January 6 , 2024
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- Researchers have identified three new-to-science frog genera in the biodiverse hotspot of the Namdapha-Kamlang landscape in Arunachal Pradesh.
- The first discovery, Gracixalus patkaiensis, is a green frog that’s almost transparent.
- The second frog, named Alcalus fontinalis, more than a decade after the last species in the genus discovered.
- The newest and the third frog to be discovered is found in marshy areas and is named after the Noa-Dihing river.
- This “music frog” is named Nidirana noadihing.
- The scientific records of amphibian species in India, which began in 1799 with five species being described, now have around 470 amphibian species.
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