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Anaimalai flying frog

6th August, 2021 ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY

Context:

  • A critically endangered frog species, the Racophorus pseudomalabaricus or Anaimalai flying frog, is getting a new home.

Frog facts

  • It is also known as the False Malabar Gliding Frog.
  • Endemic to the southern part of the Western Ghats, the numbers of these frogs have declined rapidly due to the loss of habitat.

https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/energy-and-environment/naturalist-hadlee-renjith-created-a-habitat-for-the-critically-endangered-anaimalai-flying-frog-at-a-private-cardamom-plantation-in-munnar/article35746585.ece