GUWAHATI A limbless amphibian has been added to the fauna in the 1,307.49 sq. Assam’s wildlife officials said a team of herpetologists recorded the striped caecilian in the tiger reserve for the first time during a rapid herpetofauna survey conducted from June 14-17. College in eastern Assam’s Golaghat; Jaydev Mandal of Madhab Choudhury College in western Assam’s Barpeta; Jayaditya Purkayastha …
Hollywood actor Leonardo DiCaprio, an ardent wildlife enthusiast, shared a photo of a frog on his Facebook and Instagram posts recently. The photo was of a galaxy frog, an amphibian species endemic to the eastern part of the Western Ghats. It was unbelievable that DiCaprio shared an abstract of that report along with my photo of a galaxy frog,” says …
Published : Sep 08, 2022 11:00 IST A little gem in the Western Ghats of Maharashtra, the Amboli forest is a hotspot that attracts researchers, wildlife photographers, and nature enthusiasts by droves. Monsoon nights are filled with croaks and whistles of frogs and toads eager to spawn the next generation, among them the critically endangered Amboli tiger toad and the …
