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New species of frog

March 15 , 2019 1876 days 769 0
  • A new species of frog known as ‘Starry Dwarf Frog’ has been discovered in Western Ghats mountain range.
  • It has been named ‘Astrobatrachus kurichiyana’ and is found in Kurichiyarmala, Kerala.
  • It measures about one inch long and wears a star-like coat of spots on its back.
  • This is an oddball frog and it has no close sister species for maybe tens of millions of years.

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