Question: In which of the following state, scientists of Zoological Survey of India (ZSI), recently declared about the discovery of three new species of tiny frogs?
(a) Meghalaya
(b) Tripura
(c) Arunachal Pradesh
(d) Sikkim
Answer: (c)
Related facts:
- According to a journal published in January 2020; three new species of tiny frogs have been discovered in Arunachal Pradesh.
- These frog species has been discovered in Lower Subansiri district of the state by scientists of Zoological Survey of India.
- ZSI scientist Bhaskar Saikia explained about the size of these tiny frogs that the frogs are so small in size covering just diameter of a coin by its length.
- The new species discovered from Talle Valley Wildlife Sanctuary (WLS) have been named as ‘Liurana himalayana’, ‘Liurana indica’ and ‘Liurana minuta.
- The specimens of the new frog species were collected by Bikramjit Sinha, another scientist of ZSI in Itanagar during 2015-16 as part of the documentation of faunal diversity in the protected area.
- A study, co-authored by Saikia and Sinha, has been published in a science journal, the Records of the Zoological Survey of India’, which confirmed that the species are new discoveries.
- Saikia and Sinha had also found a rare frog species, Megophrys pachyproctus, from Tale Valley Wildlife Sanctuary.
Link:
https://theprint.in/environment/3-new-species-of-tiny-frogs-discovered-in-arunachal-pradesh/349779/