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Hydrophylax malabaricus a new distributional record from Coimbatore District, Tamil Nadu, India
Selvaraj Selvamurugan and Santhana Bharathi, N.
Year : 2021 | Volume: 6 | Issue: 4 | Pages: 208-211
Received on: 08/11/2021
Revised on: 08/20/2021
Accepted on: 08/22/2021
Published on: 08/31/2021
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Selvaraj Selvamurugan and Santhana Bharathi, N.( 2021).
Hydrophylax malabaricus a new distributional record from Coimbatore District, Tamil Nadu, India
. International Journal of Zoology and Applied Biosciences, 6( 4), 208-211.
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Abstract
The fungoid frog or Malabar Hills frog (Hydrophylax malabaricus) is a colourful frog found on the forest floor and lower vegetation. H. malabaricus species recorded from Nirardam, Valparai. Coimbatore district, Tamilnadu state, India. In this study reveals that the Valparaiarea is rich in amphibian diversity and support many more species. Further studies are needed on population structure, habitat use by amphibians for better understanding and also impose of several biodiversity.
Keywords
Hydrophylax malabaricus, Valparai, Frog, Malabar Hills.