A new green tree frog species 'Gracixalus patkaiensis' has been discovered from Arunachal Pradesh by a team of researchers from Dehradun-based Wildlife Institute of India, Dresden (Germany)-based Senckenberg Natural History Collections, and the Namdapha T

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A new green tree frog species 'Gracixalus patkaiensis' has been discovered from Arunachal Pradesh by a team of researchers from Dehradun-based Wildlife Institute of India, Dresden (Germany)-based Senckenberg Natural History Collections, and the Namdapha Tiger Reserve (NTR). The frog was found by the team during a herpetological exploration in the NTR in 2022, and their finding was published in the latest issue of the journal Vertebrate Zoology. The Patkai green tree frog is a small species with a body size of 23-26 millimetres. The call of this frog is very similar to that of insects, and these frogs breed in swampy areas during monsoon season.


     

      The call of this frog is very similar to that of insects, and these frogs breed in swampy areas during monsoon season.

     

 

     


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