TWO NEW MONTANE TOAD SPECIES FOUND IN MIZORAM

* RESEARCHERS HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW MONTANE TOAD SPECIES IN THE PHAWNGPUI NATIONAL PARK IN MIZORAM.

* SPECIES NAMED - INGERANA AIZWAL 

* DUTTAPHRYNUS PHAWNGPUI ( Named After Mizoram Highest Peak) 

* RESEARCHER FROM MIZORAM UNIVERSITY, ASSAM COTTON UNIVERSITY, AND THE CONSERVATION ORGANISATION HELP EARTH FOUND 

* THE FROG WAS DISCOVERED IN THE HRATDAWNG STREAM, MIZORAM UNIVERSITY CAMPUS 

* ADULT MALE SPECIES - 22-25.5 mm Length, WHILE FEMALE - 24.4-26 MM 

* THIS SPECIES HAS A DISTINCT CIRCULAR TYMPANUM, A SUPRATYMPANIC FOLD, 

* THE FROG HAS DARK BROWN TO REDDISH BROWN WITH DARKER LATERAL SURFACE 

* THE SPECIES NAMED AFTER AIZWAL ( CAPITAL CITY OF MIZORAM) 

* IN 2022 IUCN LISTED IN CONCERN CATEGORY 

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