A team of Researchers from the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) have discovered a new species of frog named 'Amolops siju' from deep inside a cave in Meghalaya's South Garo Hills district.

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A team of Researchers from the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) have discovered a new species of frog named 'Amolops siju' from deep inside a cave in Meghalaya's South Garo Hills district. This discovery is the second time that a frog was discovered from inside a cave in the country, the first being the discovery of the Micrixalus spelunca in 2014 from a cave in Tamil Nadu. Researchers from the Zoological Survey of India office here and the Pune-based ZSI have discovered a new species of cascade ranid frogs from deep within the Siju cave system in South Garo Hills district.


     

      This discovery is the second time that a frog was discovered from inside a cave in the country, the first being the discovery of the Micrixalus spelunca in 2014 from a cave in Tamil Nadu.

     

 

     


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