Western Ghats is the first global ‘cluster’ of ... S D Biju, noted amphibian biologist who discovered the purple frog in Kerala, says the Ghats deserves a special conservation plan.

Scientists have discovered a new and unusual species of frog in the Western Ghats mountain range in India. The frog has shiny, purple skin, a light blue ring around its eyes, and a pointy pig-nose.

The Purple Frog, two species of which are found in ... the soil-dwelling frog is endemic to select habitats in the Western Ghats in Kerala and Tamil Nadu. For years, the amphibian has been drawing ...

who has studied the taxonomy and ecology of many amphibian species in the southern Western Ghats for over a decade, including the recently-rediscovered purple frog (Nasikabatrachus sahyadrensis ...

Photo courtesy of Systematics Lab. The Indian purple frog is an endemic, unique species that occurs exclusively in the southern portion of the Western Ghats. This ancient species has survived for ...

When scientists first discovered an unusual purple frog in India’s Western Ghats mountain range back in 2003, the strange-looking creature was said to be unlike any other. Now, however ...

In 2003, scientists described a new family of frogs – the first time such a ... until 2003 that it was formally identified in ...

With a pointed snout, glistening deep purple skin ... batrachus means frog, and the species name, sahydrensis, refers to the Western Ghats, the hills along India's west coast where the frog ...

The purple frog, one of the rarest frog species endemic to the Western Ghats, would soon be declared as Kerala’s official amphibian. A senior forest officer said a proposal for declaring the ...

Indian scientists on a nature walk through the foothills of the Western Ghats came across an unexpected discovery: a living frog that seemed to have a mushroom sprouting from its back.