Limnonectes motijheel |ForumIAS

Vocalizations: Males produce distinctive calls while remaining hidden beneath leaf litter in their nests.
Offspring Protection: Eggs and tadpoles remain protected inside the nest under leaf litter, and researchers suggest parental care may exist in this species.

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News: Recently, researchers discovered Limnonectes motijheel, a new species of fanged frog, in Namdapha Tiger Reserve, Arunachal Pradesh.

About Limnonectes motijheel

Aspects	Details
About	Limnonectes motijheel is a newly discovered species of fanged frog belonging to the genus Limnonectes.
Discovered In	The species was discovered in Namdapha Tiger Reserve, Arunachal Pradesh.
Naming	It is named after the Motijheel Lake, a wetland within the Namdapha Reserve.
Physical Features	The “Fangs”: Male frogs possess small fang-like projections on the lower jaw, a feature that gives fanged frogs their name and may aid feeding or territorial behaviour. Body Markings: The frog has a dark-brown line between its eyes, an inverted “V”-shaped ridge on its back, and broken folds running along both sides of its body. Size: It generally measure 2.3 to 3.5 cm as adults.
Unique Nesting	Unlike most frogs that lay eggs in water or on leaves, this species builds a mud nest beneath leaf litter on the forest floor. This behaviour has not previously been recorded in this group from India.
Unique Behavior	Vocalizations: Males produce distinctive calls while remaining hidden beneath leaf litter in their nests. Offspring Protection: Eggs and tadpoles remain protected inside the nest under leaf litter, and researchers suggest parental care may exist in this species.