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New species of cricket frog discovered by Pune-based zoologistsThis discovery was acknowledged and published in the international journal lsquoZootaxarsquo a peer-reviewed scienti c mega journalfor animal taxonomists published in Auckland

PUNE Updated Jan 13 2019 1438 IST

HT Correspondent Hindustan Times Pune

This cricket frog can be found in Lonavla and Mulshi areas(HT PHOTO)

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A team of zoologists from the Department of Zoology Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU) has

discovered a new species of cricket frog from the northern Western Ghats of Maharashtra

This discovery was acknowledged and published on Friday in the international journal lsquoZootaxarsquo a

peer-reviewed scienti c mega journal for animal taxonomists published in Auckland

The new species has been named ldquoFejervarya marathirdquo which is derived from the indigenous

language The species has been found to be endemic in its distribution in Maharashtra

The team of zoologists included Samadhan Phuge Kalyani Bhakare Ramnath Andhale and

Radhakrishna Pandit from SPPU who spent one month in the western ghats during the 2017 monsoon

which led them to the discovery of the new species

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Sharing his experience about this nd Phuge said ldquoIt took us nearly one and a half years to of cially

claim this as the new discovery in this category of species On the midnight in July 2017 when we were

in the Western Ghats we happened to discover the new species of frog While we collected a few more

samples in the entire month of July it took us another three months to realise this new discoveryrdquo

The discovery was done in collaboration with scientist from the Zoological Survey of India western

regional centre Pune using lsquoIntegrated Taxonomic Approachrsquo including differences in morphological

characters call patter (acoustics) ecology and DNA based molecular phylogeny studies

According to Phuge this particular new species of frog can be found in very few localities near

Lonavla and Mulshi region of western part of Pune district

Looking the habitat preference being endemic to the northern Western Ghats the Marathi Fejervarya

frog could have possible distribution in other parts of adjacent districts of Ahmednagar and Raigad as

well said Phuge

First Published Jan 13 2019 1436 IST

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