International Journal of Zoology and Applied Biosciences

Volume (6) - Issue (4), 2021 pp 208-211

Title

Hydrophylax malabaricus a new distributional record from Coimbatore District, Tamil Nadu, India

Author

Selvaraj Selvamurugan and Santhana Bharathi, N.

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.

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Article History

Received on 11/08/2021, Accepted on 22/08/2021, Published on 31/08/2021