ForumIAS LATEST
- 16 June | Failed Before Success: AIR 295 Reveals His UPSC Journey | Click Here to Watch →
- 17 June | How to Write High-Scoring Answers in Hindi Literature Optional | Click Here to Watch →
- 18 June | From Setback to Success: Bhavika Chopra's Rise to AIR 25 | Click Here to Watch →
- 19 June | The Rankforge Challenge (FRC/Tapasya): Truth About UPSC & Coaching by Ayush Sinha | Click Here to Watch →
- 20 June | 150+ Cleared UPSC Prelims from Naugaon, Alwar | The FRC Tapasya Success Story | Click Here to Watch →
- According to researchers,Purple frog could soon be designated as Kerala’s state amphibian.This title would help in saving the species which is fast disappearing from its habitat in the western ghats.
- The purple frog was discovered in 2003.The scientific name of the species is Nasikabatrachus sahyadrensis.It is also known as Maveli frog or Pignose Frog.
- It has also been listed as endangered on the red list of the International Union for Conservation of Nature(IUCN).
- The purple frogs are under threat due to the (a)rampant construction of unauthorised check dams which is leading to the submergence of the perennial breeding grounds of the frogs and (b)road networks lie close to their breeding grounds and hundreds of cases of road-kills go unreported every year.
- The Purple frog feeds mostly on soil-mites,ants and termites using its fluted tongue.The male and female frogs mate underground and once in a year,they come out on the surface to lay thousands of eggs near seasonal streams in the months of May-June.
- The researchers believe that the species should be rightly called a ‘living fossil’ as it’s evolutionary roots suggest it could have shared space with dinosaurs going back almost 70 million years ago.
