Saturday, 23 January 2016

NEW SPECIES OF TREE TOAD DISCOVERED FROM ANDAMAN ISLANDS

Andaman bush toad is the proposed common English name for this new species, indicating its arboreal habit and restricted distribution 

Mangaluru: A team of researchers have discovered a new genus and species of arboreal toad with phytotelmonous larvae, from the Andaman Islands.The discovery of the new bufonid amphibian, belonging to a new monotypic genus, from the Andaman Islands, in the Bay of Bengal is based on unique external morphological and skeletal characters which are compared with those of known Oriental and other relevant bufonid genera-read more -http://www.bangaloremirror.com/news/india/New-species-of-tree-toad-discovered-from-Andaman-Islands/articleshow/50687100.cms

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