Aizawl: Two Mizo zoologists and their
associates have discovered a new species of frog at
Tamdil lake, near Saitual, about 75 kilometres from here.
The discovery was documented and published by the
international scientific journal, Zootaxa, on Tuesday last
issue.
H T Lalremsanga, Asst Professor, Department of
Zoology, Mizoram University and Saipari Sailo, research
scholar, department of Zoology, North Eastern Hill University,
Shillong and their associates took credit for the discovery.
The newly-discovered frog species was named
'Leptotalax Tamdil".
The discovery was the result of research work at
Tamdil lake, one of the 94 National Wetland Areas in the
country, for over a decade.
PTI
First Published: Thursday, March 25, 2010, 16:23