Close up of 10 newly discovered frog species in India

Scientists have announced the discovery of 10 new frog species in the vast tropical rainforests of the Western Ghats, located along India's west coast.

The site of Deccan Chronicle (India) said that these 10 new frog species were discovered in nearly 20 expeditions conducted in the past few years by the amphibian researcher - Dr. Anil Zachariah in collaboration with the Survey program. Zoological Survey of India.

Up to 9 out of 10 new frog species belong to the genus frog Raorchestes - there are now all 39 species, while the 10th new frog belongs to Polypedates genus, all discovered at the Western Ghats. In particular, the new frog frog Raorchestes manohari is described by scientists as one of the frogs with the best body color, unlike any other species in the frog genus Raorchestes.

According to the article published in the International Journal of Animal, Ecological and Geological Classification of Biosytamatica animals, humans have cultivated agriculture in the Western Ghats area for centuries, so these new findings prove proving the tropical rainforest here still contains many mysteries.

However, 10 new frog species discovered in the Western Ghats mountain range, which is considered the 'hot spot' of biodiversity in the world - are seriously threatened by habitat loss from farming activities. human effects.

Here are close-up of 10 newly discovered frog species in India:

Frog Raorchestes manohari

Frog Raorchestes agasthyaensis

Frog Raorchestes johnceei

Frog Raorchestes theuerkaufi

Frog Raorchestes ravii

Frog Raorchestes uthamani

Raorchestes crustai frog

Frog Raorchestes kadalarensis

Raorchestes thodai frog

Frog Polypedates bijui