Starry Dwarf Frog Adds to Western Ghats' Rich Frog Diversity (IMAGE)

Florida Museum of Natural History

Starry Dwarf Frog Adds to Western Ghats' Rich Frog Diversity

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The isolated hill ranges of India's Western Ghats act much like islands, preserving lineages of frogs that are found nowhere else, such as Astrobatrachus kurichiyana.

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Photo by Seenapuram Palaniswamy Vijayakumar

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