{"id":2881,"date":"2020-12-23T14:35:02","date_gmt":"2020-12-23T09:05:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.classiciasacademy.com\/blog\/?p=2881"},"modified":"2020-12-23T14:35:02","modified_gmt":"2020-12-23T09:05:02","slug":"myristica-swamp-treefrog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.classiciasacademy.com\/blog\/myristica-swamp-treefrog\/","title":{"rendered":"Myristica Swamp Treefrog"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">In News<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>the rare and elusive Myristica\nSwamp Treefrog was recorded in Kerala for the first time.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">In-Detail<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Myristica Swamp\nTreefrog <strong>is an endemic species and is\nfound <\/strong><strong>only in the Western Ghats.<\/strong><\/li><li>The <strong>scientific name<\/strong> of the species is <strong><em>Mercurana\nmyristicapalustris<\/em><\/strong>.<\/li><li>The rare frogs were\nsited at the <strong>north of the Shencottah\ngap in the Vazhachal Reserve Forest in Kerala\u2019s Thrissur.<\/strong><\/li><li>These frogs were\nidentified during an exploration study by scientists from the University\nCollege, Thiruvananthapuram near the road at Sukthae pocket swap in the\nVazhachal forest division in 2018.<\/li><li>Researchers discovered\na group of adult frogs calling for low perches in a swamp.<\/li><li><strong>Generally, the myristica swamp treefrogs are found in the\nfoothills of the Agasthyamalai.<\/strong><\/li><li>These frogs were\nactive throughout June and early July.<\/li><li><strong>These species adapted to a non-Myristica swamp predominant\nwith the plant polyalthia fragrans.<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>In 2013, the frog was first spotted in the Myristica swamps\nof Arippa, the Kulathaupuzha Reserve Forests in the western foothills of\nAgasthyamali in the Kollam district.<\/strong><\/li><li>The species is found\n170 km to the north of Arippa.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Unique Traits<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>These frogs are rare\nand elusive. <\/li><li><strong>They are arboreal and active only for a few weeks during\ntheir breeding time.<\/strong><\/li><li>A large aggregation of\nmales descend from the high canopy of trees during this season.<\/li><li>In the swamps, the\nmales vocalize in groups from low perches.<\/li><li>The breeding season\nfor these frogs being in May, the pre-monsoon\nseason and ends in June, before the onset of\nmonsoon.<\/li><li>By the time the season\nends, both the make and female pairs descend to the forest floor to lay\neggs.<\/li><li>The female lays the\neggs by digging the mud and making shallow burrows.<\/li><li>After laying eggs,\nthey retreat to the high canopies of the tree and remain elusive till the next\nseason.<\/li><li>The extended\ndistribution of such rare frogs in the Western Ghats has conservation implications.<\/li><li>They also provide a\nsuitable niche for further studies on the diverse amphibian fauna of the Ghats.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Conclusion <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The rainforest of the Western Ghats still throw up new\nspecies that have eluded human beings for a long time. 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