The disappearance of this rare species, a tiny, star-speckled amphibian endemic to the Western Ghats, serves as a powerful reminder that artificial light can threaten even the most elusive forms of wi ...
A team of scientists has uncovered a new species of worm-like caecilian from the northern Western Ghats. The new species, ...
An anonymous informant said that photographers had searched through the habitat to find the frogs, used high-intensity flash ...
The discovery of a new species of blind caecilian, Gegeneophis valmiki, at Paneri–Palashi in Maharashtra’s Satara district has brought cheer to wildlife researchers, further highlighting the rich but ...
Seven threatened galaxy frogs (Melanobatrachus indicus) are gone from a research site in the Western Ghats in Kerala after photographers seeking images of the rare, star-patterned amphibians destroyed ...
The Western Ghats are one of India's most iconic landscapes, but most people seem to think of them as lush, evergreen forests dotting the mountains. Actually, this biodiversity hotspot has several ...
MUMBAI, (IANS) – A galaxy frog looks like an archetypal alien popularized by Hollywood sci-fi thrillers, but that’s not the reason why a picture of it shot by Sandip Das, an Indian researcher, has got ...
The newly identified species, Gegeneophis valmiki, is the first addition to its genus in more than a decade, underscoring how ...
Panaji: The discovery of a new species of caecilian, gegeneophis valmiki at Paneri, Palashi, in Maharashtra’s Satara district has cheered wildlifers, as the Western Ghats tally of gegeneophis group ...
A team of scientists from the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) has discovered a rare, subterranean amphibian species in the ...