​Mangaluru Narrow-Mouthed Frog

  • A narrow-mouthed frog has been found in a small industrial region in coastal Karnataka. It has been described by a team of Indian scientists in the international journal Zootaxa.
  • It has been given the name Microhyla kodial after the city of Mangaluru (called kodial in the Konkani language) where it was spotted.
  • The new frog species is greyish-brown in color and is just 2 cm long. It has a thick olive-green band on its head and less-prominent dark green bands on the rest of its body.
  • A few other physical features set it apart from other similar-looking frogs. Microhyla kodial has very ....
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Ecology & Environment