recently a team of
researchers discovered a new species of
skipper frog the discovery has been made
in a collaborative effort by scientist
of the zoological survey of India that
is zsi and the national institute of
science education and research that is
n-i-s-e-r bhubaneshwar the latest study
has been published in the journal
zootaksa this species has been
discovered on the western plains of
india the discovered species is
jalaldhara skittering frog
now information about jaldhara
skittering frog the scientific name of
this species is euphylactus jaldhara it
was first spotted in the
bird sanctuary in kerala in 2017. it has
a predominant distribution in the
western coastal plains of peninsular
india and some parts of the western
hearts
it has distinct morphological characters
and a high genetic distance the new
species looks similar to the common
skittering frog
they were the first vertebrate organisms
to get affected due to water pollution
due to their primitive body plan