Singapore, India researchers discover new frog species in India's wastelands

A team of researchers from NUS and India, led by Mr Seshadri K S, a PhD student from the Dept of Biological Sciences at the NUS Faculty of Science, has discovered a new species of narrow-mouthed frog in the laterite rock formations in India’s coastal plains. The team named the thumbnail-sized frog Microhyla laterite (M. laterite), after its natural habitat, to draw attention to the endangered rock formations that are of ecological importance.

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