LIMBLESS FROG A RARE SPECIES

A rare limbless frog has been spotted at the Kaakkaachi-Naalumukku area of the Kalakal
Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve in the western ghats.

The new species is named as Uraeotyphlus gansi.The species is resembling the snake and has close biological resembles of frog.The researchers says"the species is a rare specimen.And soon research will carry out to compare and find the difference between the present amphibians and limbless frog.

Further studies of the various characters of this amphibian and comparison with holotype specimens of other closely related species of Indian Caecilians found in the Natural HistoryMuseum and the Bombay Natural History Society confirmed it to be a rare species, found only ina particular region of the Kalakad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve, spread over 900 sq.km.