What do you get when you combine an Indian and a Belgian biologist? Answer - a frog finding frenzy in the leafy forests of India's Western Ghats region! Proving that instant gratification doesn't come easy in the frog world, biologists Biju and Bossuyt spent 10 long years of field studies in the Ghat. From 2005 through to 2008, Biju and Bossuyt have added 18 new species to India's frog tally.
This month they published their discovery of 12 new frog species! In the process, they rediscovered the Travancore bullfrong (Philautus travancoricus) previously considered lost to science, having not been sighted for over 100 years. The Ghats, renowned for their biological diversity are under threat from clearing for plantations and housing. http://www.linnean.org/index.php?id=428 Image: 1. Philautus akroparallagi, 2. New species, S. Bihu, www.frogindia.org
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