The frogs usually emerge around the middle or end of May. But in this particular year, a cyclone hit southern India, causing a deluge of rain almost a month before the purple frog’s emergence ...

A Minervarya ghatiborealis, or Mahabaleshwar cricket frog. Photo from Omkar Yadav “How (the new species) remained unnoticed by researchers since the inception of amphibian research in India ...

KOCHI: About 42 per cent of the frog species in the world are now on the verge of extinction, said Dr S D Biju, known as Frogman of India. He was addressing the meet-the-press programme organised ...