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| ==Description== | ==Description== | ||
| The species has purple skin and blue eyes and lives underground. It differs genetically, morphologically, and acoustically from the closely related '']''.<ref name=Janani /> ] between the two species is likely caused by the different ] seasons on the different sides of the Western Ghats, causing ''N. sahyadrensis'' to breed between May and August and ''N. bhupathi'' to breed between October and December.<ref name=Janani /> | The species has purple skin and blue eyes and lives underground. It differs genetically, morphologically, and acoustically from the closely related '']''.<ref name=Janani /> ] between the two species is likely caused by the different ] seasons on the different sides of the Western Ghats, causing ''N. sahyadrensis'' to breed between May and August and ''N. bhupathi'' to breed between October and December.<ref name=Janani /> | ||
| ==Geophysical implications== | |||
| ''Nasikabatrachus bhupathi'' and ''Nasikabatrachus sahyadrensis'' have been found to be related to other frogs that live in the ], which are closer to ] than to India. This supports the idea that Africa and India were once part of the same ancient supercontinent, called Gondwanaland,<!--The Hindu--> which eventually became part of the later supercontinent, {{w|Pangaea}}.<ref name=Hindu>{{cite web|title= 'N. bhupathi', a frog with the face of a pig | |||
| |url = http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/energy-and-environment/introducing-n-bhupathi-a-frog-with-the-face-of-a-pig/article19541223.ece | |||
| |author = Aathira Perinchery | |||
| |publisher = The Hindu | |||
| |date = August 23, 2017|accessdate=December 7, 2017 | |||
| }}</ref> | |||
| ==References== | ==References== | ||
Revision as of 06:53, 7 December 2017
| Nasikabatrachus bhupathi | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Nasikabatrachidae |
| Genus: | Nasikabatrachus |
| Species: | N. bhupathi |
| Binomial name | |
| Nasikabatrachus bhupathi Janani et al. 2017 | |
Nasikabatrachus bhupathi, or Bhupathy's purple frog, is a frog species belonging to the family Sooglossidae. It can be found in the Western Ghats in India and was discovered near the Srivilliputhur Grizzled Giant Squirrel Wildlife Sanctuary. The specific epithet honors Subramanian Bhupathy (1963–2014) who had a fatal fall while conducting herpetology field work near Agastya Mala hills on 28 April 2014.
Description
The species has purple skin and blue eyes and lives underground. It differs genetically, morphologically, and acoustically from the closely related Nasikabatrachus sahyadrensis. Speciation between the two species is likely caused by the different monsoon seasons on the different sides of the Western Ghats, causing N. sahyadrensis to breed between May and August and N. bhupathi to breed between October and December.
Geophysical implications
Nasikabatrachus bhupathi and Nasikabatrachus sahyadrensis have been found to be related to other frogs that live in the Seychelles, which are closer to Africa than to India. This supports the idea that Africa and India were once part of the same ancient supercontinent, called Gondwanaland, which eventually became part of the later supercontinent, Pangaea.
References
- "Nasikabatrachus bhupathi" (HTML). IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
This taxon has not yet been assessed for the IUCN Red List, and also is not in the Catalogue of Life.
- ^ Janani, S. Jegath; Vasudevan, Karthikeyan; Prendini, Elizabeth; Dutta, Sushil Kumar; Aggarwal, Ramesh K. (13 August 2017). "A new Species of the Genus Nasikabatrachus (Anura, Nasikabatrachidae) from the Eastern Slopes of the Western Ghats, India" (PDF). Alytes, the International Journal of Batrachology. 34 (1–4). International Society for the Study and Conservation of Amphibians: 1–19. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
- Bittel, Jason. "New Purple Pig-Nose Frog Found in Remote Mountains" (HTML). National Geographic. Weird & Wild. Washington, DC: National Geographic.
- Aathira Perinchery (August 23, 2017). "'N. bhupathi', a frog with the face of a pig". The Hindu. Retrieved December 7, 2017.
External links
Data related to Nasikabatrachus bhupathi at Wikispecies
Media related to Nasikabatrachus bhupathi at Wikimedia Commons- Continental drift and the Sooglossidae
- AmphibiaWeb page on Nasikabatrachus bhupathi
- Nasikabatrachus bhupathi on ZooBank
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