{"id":108050,"date":"2026-06-13T13:10:20","date_gmt":"2026-06-13T07:40:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=108050"},"modified":"2026-06-13T14:46:37","modified_gmt":"2026-06-13T09:16:37","slug":"ingerana-occidens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/ingerana-occidens\/","title":{"rendered":"Ingerana occidens"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Ingerana occidens Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A researcher recently discovered a new species of frog named Ingerana occidens in the canopy-covered streams of northeastern India.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Ingerana occidens<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ingerana occidens, or the <\/span><b>western trickle frog,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a new species of <\/span><b>frog<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was discovered in the <\/span><b>Garo and Khasi Hills of Meghalaya<\/b> <b>south of the <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/brahmaputra-river-system\/\" target=\"_blank\">Brahmaputra <\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/brahmaputra-river-system\/\" target=\"_blank\">River<\/a><\/strong>.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>When comparing<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the DNA of the <\/span><b>newly found southern frogs to<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the topotypic<\/span><b> Ingerana borealis frogs <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">living <\/span><b>north of the Brahmaputra<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> River, there is an <\/span><b>18% difference in their genetic code.\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This confirms that the southern frogs belong to a distinct and previously undocumented species.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The species <\/span><b>name \u2018occidens\u2019 <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is derived from the <\/span><b>Latin word for &#8216;west&#8217;.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> This name was chosen because the <\/span><b>frog&#8217;s habitat<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> marks the <\/span><b>westernmost known range of any species in its genus.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Ingerana occidens <\/b><b>Features<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The newly discovered species is <\/span><b>noticeably smaller<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, with adult females reaching just 26 millimetres in length.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While its northern relative is heavily wrinkled, the new frog features<\/span><b> mostly smooth skin<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with <\/span><b>only mild wrinkling<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and boasts a <\/span><b>distinct stripe of contrasting colour running down its side.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Its most <\/span><b>noticeable feature<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is its <\/span><b>clearly visible, protruding eardrum, known as a tympanum, topped by a strong fold of skin.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>In contrast,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the<\/span><b> northern species<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has practically<\/span><b> invisible eardrums. <\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>News<\/b><strong>:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/researchmatters.in\/news\/new-western-trickle-frog-discovered-garo-and-khasi-hills-meghalaya\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>RM<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ingerana occidens is a new species of frog discovered in the Garo and Khasi Hills of Meghalaya south of the Brahmaputra River. 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