A team of herpetologists from the Forest Department and two NGOs, Help Earth and Turtle Survival Alliance (TSA), found a pair of the rare species,Impressed Tortoise (ManouriaImpressa) in Arunachal Pradesh.
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A team of herpetologists from the Forest Department and two NGOs, Help Earth and Turtle Survival Alliance (TSA), found a pair of the rare species,Impressed Tortoise (ManouriaImpressa) in Arunachal Pradesh.
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Implications of the finding
Tortoises differ from turtles on account of being terrestrial animals. But it is common for conservationists to club the former with the latter for practical purposes. Western Ghats and the Northeast are the two main biodiversity hotspots for turtles. |
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Species |
Biological Name |
Found From |
Diatom |
GomphonemaMayamae |
Arunachal Pradesh |
Eel |
MonopterusRongsaw |
Meghalaya |
Snake |
UropeltisBhupathyi |
Forests of the Anaikatty hills in Tamil Nadu’s Coimbatore district |
Moth |
EucyclodesGavissima |
Papikonda national park, Andhra Pradesh |
Lizard |
SitanaAttenboroughii |
Poovar Coast in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala |
Frog |
MicrohylaKodial |
Coastal Karnataka region |
Bivalve |
IndospheniaKayalum |
Kochi backwaters, Kerala |
Water strider |
PtilomeraNagalanda |
River Intanki, Peren district, Nagaland |
Fish |
Dario Neela |
Karnataka (Western Ghats) |
Hog Deer |
Axis PorcinusAnnamiticus |
KeibulLamjao National Park, Manipur |
Lizard |
MonilesaurusMontanus |
Karnataka (Western Ghats) |
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