MANGALURU: Scientists and researchers of Mangalore University and ATREE (Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment), Bengaluru, have discovered a brand new species of frog belonging to the genus Microhyla. This new species used to be discovered in the transient wetlands of Baikampady industrial space in Mangaluru.
The research staff has named the tailless amphibian species after the town of Mangaluru, as Microhyla Kodial (Mangaluru narrow-mouthed frog; Kodial is Mangaluru in Konkani).
It used to be named as such to deal with the habitat it is found in, and to popularize the town, and its numerous unique natural world.
According to researchers, the species is genetically nearer to the species of Microhyla from Southeast Asia, hence the research staff hypothesizes that this species will have been unintentionally presented from Southeast Asia up to now decades, because the locality wherein the brand new species used to be discovered, used to be a dumping yard for logs imported from Southeast Asia. However, researchers are not absolutely positive about the way it were given right here, which still remains a research question to be replied in the future.
The researchers who discovered the brand new species integrated Vineeth Kumar (Inspire Fellow), Radhakrishna Upadhyaya (former MSc scholar) and Rajashekhar K Patil, professor from Mangalore University, along with scientist Aravind Madhyastha and research scholar Anwesha Saha from ATREE, Bengaluru, and Godwin R D, former staff, St Aloysius Pre University College, Mangaluru, who've revealed their findings in Zootaxa (a peer reviewed international journal) on May 16, 2018.
Around two years ago, a staff of researchers, comprising scientists, had discovered a brand new species of frog in Manipal and Mangaluru. This tiny frog measured 1.7 cm, and used to be referred to as 'Laterite narrow-mouthed frog'.
It used to be a staff of researchers comprising scientists from Gubbi Labs, ATREE, and the National University of Singapore.
The research staff has named the tailless amphibian species after the town of Mangaluru, as Microhyla Kodial (Mangaluru narrow-mouthed frog; Kodial is Mangaluru in Konkani).
It used to be named as such to deal with the habitat it is found in, and to popularize the town, and its numerous unique natural world.
According to researchers, the species is genetically nearer to the species of Microhyla from Southeast Asia, hence the research staff hypothesizes that this species will have been unintentionally presented from Southeast Asia up to now decades, because the locality wherein the brand new species used to be discovered, used to be a dumping yard for logs imported from Southeast Asia. However, researchers are not absolutely positive about the way it were given right here, which still remains a research question to be replied in the future.
The researchers who discovered the brand new species integrated Vineeth Kumar (Inspire Fellow), Radhakrishna Upadhyaya (former MSc scholar) and Rajashekhar K Patil, professor from Mangalore University, along with scientist Aravind Madhyastha and research scholar Anwesha Saha from ATREE, Bengaluru, and Godwin R D, former staff, St Aloysius Pre University College, Mangaluru, who've revealed their findings in Zootaxa (a peer reviewed international journal) on May 16, 2018.
Around two years ago, a staff of researchers, comprising scientists, had discovered a brand new species of frog in Manipal and Mangaluru. This tiny frog measured 1.7 cm, and used to be referred to as 'Laterite narrow-mouthed frog'.
It used to be a staff of researchers comprising scientists from Gubbi Labs, ATREE, and the National University of Singapore.
Researchers discover a new species of frog in Mangaluru
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