Four new species of frogs found in Western Ghats

CEPF burrowing frog (scientific name: fejervarya cepfi)
Found in Amboli and has been named after the Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (USA), to recognise its role in protecting global biodiversity hotspots, and for highlighting the need to preserve biodiversity rich areas in the Western Ghats.

Five years of exploration and research later, a Delhi University scholar has discovered four new species of burrowing frogs, all from the biodiversity rich Western Ghats. Significantly, one of the species was found near Amboli, a hill station in south Maharashtra.-read more