Critically endangered Anaimalai flying frog rehabilitation efforts
- Category
Environment
- Published
19th Aug, 2021
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Context
Recently, Frog enthusiast in Kerala has constructed two ponds at Windermere Estate to restore the habitat for the Anaimalai flying frog.
Background
About the Anaimalai flying frog (Racophoruspseudomalabaricus)
- It is also known as the False Malabar Gliding Frog.
- Endemic to: Southern part of the Western Ghats.
- Size:This species is usually larger than the bush frogs: the female can grow up to three inches.
- Mating period: Between June and October, during the rainy season.
- The female creates foam nests on leaves, to lay eggs and the male fertilizes them.
- The outer layer of foam protects the eggs from bacteria, predators, and weather changes.
- When the eggs hatch, the nest disintegrates and tadpoles drop into the water body below.
- Threats: Population declined rapidly due to the loss of habitat due to clearing the undergrowth during cardamom plantations.
- Conservation Status: IUCN Status is Critically Endangered
Wildlife Trust of India (WTI)
- WTI is a leading Indian nature conservation organization that is committed to the service of nature established in 1998.
- Its mission is to conserve wildlife and its habitat.
- Works for the welfare of individual wild animals, in partnership with communities and governments.
- WTI works in six priority landscapes, driven by nine key strategies or Big Ideas.
- Vision: A secure natural heritage of India.
- Mission: To conserve wildlife and its habitat and to work for the welfare of individual wild animals, in partnership with communities and governments.
- Motto: In Service of Nature
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