Frog

March 02, 2023

Meet Dr Sonali Garg, India's famous herpetologist

Sonali did extensive field expeditions in remote forests of the Western Ghats, Northeast India, and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands during her decade-long research.

January 19, 2023
Can purple frog be Kerala's official frog? Decision today

The purple frog belongs to the list of more than eight thousand amphibian species, which are facing the threat of extinction.
January 15, 2022
Newly discovered rain frog named after climate activist Greta Thunberg

The new species, Pristimantis gretathunbergae, popularly known as Greta Thunberg Rain frog was first discovered in 2012.
July 13, 2021
Galaxy Frog: The flagship species in Kerala that must be conserved

Galaxy frog, which was first spotted in 1878, has been selected as a flagship species for conservation in Mathikettan Shola National Park in Idukki in early June this year.
July 02, 2021
One man, two ponds, many frogs: Conservation effort pays off as rare frog spawns in artificial habitat

Renjith had to skip his routine visits for a month due to the COVID-19 lockdown and was not expecting any surprises on his visit last week till he noticed tiny tadpoles in the pond.
March 03, 2021
Five new species of shrub frogs found in Western Ghats

The new species were identified and found to be distinct based on multiple criteria, such as their external morphology, DNA, calling pattern, behaviour, and other natural history observations.
October 15, 2019
Herpetofaunal survey records 98 species in Wayanad, conservation tops the agenda

The survey recorded 44 species of amphibians and 54 species of reptiles.

Meet Dr Sonali Garg, India's famous herpetologist

Election Yarn Ep 1: A Giant Killer is Born

Can purple frog be Kerala's official frog? Decision today

Newly discovered rain frog named after climate activist Greta Thunberg

Galaxy Frog: The flagship species in Kerala that must be conserved

One man, two ponds, many frogs: Conservation effort pays off as rare frog spawns in artificial habitat

Five new species of shrub frogs found in Western Ghats

Herpetofaunal survey records 98 species in Wayanad, conservation tops the agenda

Newly wed frogs forced to divorce to end downpour spree

'Frog wedding' performed in Karnataka to invoke rain gods