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SAC Researchers Discover New Species of Frog Mangalore, Dec 16: A new species of frog has been discovered in the Western Ghats by a team of researchers from St Aloysius College headed by Dr S Hareesh Joshy, professor and head of department of zoology. The research finding is based on morphological, acoustic, and molecular studies which confirm fully the taxonomical position of the species. Dr Joshy has published the findings on the new species in the scientific ‘Journal Alytes’, a specialized international journal on amphibians published by Paris Museum, France. The new species ‘Euphlyctis mudigere’ is a tiny water frog belonging to the genus/group Euphlyctis. The specific name was derived from the name of the locality which is Mudigere. It has a body length of 28.1 millimeters (male) to 34.8 millimeters (female). Externally, Euphlyctis closely resembles the related species of E-hexadactylus and E-cyanophlyctis. But it differs from them with regards to the morphometric acoustic and molecular features.