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292019 New species of cricket frog discovered by Pune-based zoologists | pune news | Hindustan Times
New species of cricket frog discovered by Pune-based zoologistsThis discovery was acknowledged and published in the international journal lsquoZootaxarsquo a peer-reviewed scienti c mega journalfor animal taxonomists published in Auckland
PUNE Updated Jan 13 2019 1438 IST
HT Correspondent Hindustan Times Pune
This cricket frog can be found in Lonavla and Mulshi areas(HT PHOTO)
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A team of zoologists from the Department of Zoology Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU) has
discovered a new species of cricket frog from the northern Western Ghats of Maharashtra
This discovery was acknowledged and published on Friday in the international journal lsquoZootaxarsquo a
peer-reviewed scienti c mega journal for animal taxonomists published in Auckland
The new species has been named ldquoFejervarya marathirdquo which is derived from the indigenous
language The species has been found to be endemic in its distribution in Maharashtra
The team of zoologists included Samadhan Phuge Kalyani Bhakare Ramnath Andhale and
Radhakrishna Pandit from SPPU who spent one month in the western ghats during the 2017 monsoon
which led them to the discovery of the new species
Read more
Sharing his experience about this nd Phuge said ldquoIt took us nearly one and a half years to of cially
claim this as the new discovery in this category of species On the midnight in July 2017 when we were
in the Western Ghats we happened to discover the new species of frog While we collected a few more
samples in the entire month of July it took us another three months to realise this new discoveryrdquo
The discovery was done in collaboration with scientist from the Zoological Survey of India western
regional centre Pune using lsquoIntegrated Taxonomic Approachrsquo including differences in morphological
characters call patter (acoustics) ecology and DNA based molecular phylogeny studies
According to Phuge this particular new species of frog can be found in very few localities near
Lonavla and Mulshi region of western part of Pune district
Looking the habitat preference being endemic to the northern Western Ghats the Marathi Fejervarya
frog could have possible distribution in other parts of adjacent districts of Ahmednagar and Raigad as
well said Phuge
First Published Jan 13 2019 1436 IST
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292019 New species of cricket frog discovered by Pune-based zoologists | pune news | Hindustan Times
A team of zoologists from the Department of Zoology Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU) has
discovered a new species of cricket frog from the northern Western Ghats of Maharashtra
This discovery was acknowledged and published on Friday in the international journal lsquoZootaxarsquo a
peer-reviewed scienti c mega journal for animal taxonomists published in Auckland
The new species has been named ldquoFejervarya marathirdquo which is derived from the indigenous
language The species has been found to be endemic in its distribution in Maharashtra
The team of zoologists included Samadhan Phuge Kalyani Bhakare Ramnath Andhale and
Radhakrishna Pandit from SPPU who spent one month in the western ghats during the 2017 monsoon
which led them to the discovery of the new species
Read more
Sharing his experience about this nd Phuge said ldquoIt took us nearly one and a half years to of cially
claim this as the new discovery in this category of species On the midnight in July 2017 when we were
in the Western Ghats we happened to discover the new species of frog While we collected a few more
samples in the entire month of July it took us another three months to realise this new discoveryrdquo
The discovery was done in collaboration with scientist from the Zoological Survey of India western
regional centre Pune using lsquoIntegrated Taxonomic Approachrsquo including differences in morphological
characters call patter (acoustics) ecology and DNA based molecular phylogeny studies
According to Phuge this particular new species of frog can be found in very few localities near
Lonavla and Mulshi region of western part of Pune district
Looking the habitat preference being endemic to the northern Western Ghats the Marathi Fejervarya
frog could have possible distribution in other parts of adjacent districts of Ahmednagar and Raigad as
well said Phuge
First Published Jan 13 2019 1436 IST
Leopard spotted in National Defence Academy Khadakwasla Pune(httpswwwhindustantimescompune-newsleopard-spotted-in-national-defence-academy-khadakwasla-punestory-fOEUTIcHehljis0SbLxRdLhtml)
Bhima Koregaon The battle ensues this time with dierent soilders(httpswwwhindustantimescompune-newspne-bhima-koregaonstory-6FGrxAMSar58hF6RSEMgwKhtml)
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