This frog was described only three days ago (on 7th August 2015).
I have been seeing and photographing this species for the past few months, and until this description was out, I thought I had been photographing the Sahyadri Minervarya. The new species has few external features that distinguish it from the Minervarya and the call is almost identical, but it has an entirely separate distribution range, restricted to Goa and a part of Belgaum, in low to mid elevation areas (Minervarya sahyadris is found southwards from Shimoga in Karnataka). The preferred microhabitat is puddles, fields and roadside grassy areas.
Canon 500 D, Canon 100 mm Macro USM
SS 1/200
Av 16
ISO 400
A link to the details of the original paper (contact corresponding author for a full version):www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2015/f/z03999p094f.pdf
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