A NEW FROG SPECIES DISCOVERD IN NAGALAND

* RESEARCHERS FROM ZOOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA (ZSI) SHILLONG HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW CASCADE DWELLING FROG SPECIES IN NAGALAND.

* SPECIES NAMED - AMOLOPS KAMAL 

( IN HONOUR TO LATE DR KAMAL CHAUDHARY, HEAD OF DEPARTMENT, ZOOLOGY GUWAHATI) 

* THE AMOLOPS COMMONLY KNOWN AS CASCADE FROGS ( FAST FLOWING IN HILL STREAMS) 

* SPECIES NUMBER IN INDIA ARE 20 

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