{"id":124577,"date":"2026-09-15T14:13:57","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T08:43:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=124577"},"modified":"2026-09-15T14:13:57","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T08:43:57","slug":"ingerana-aizawl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/ingerana-aizawl\/","title":{"rendered":"Ingerana aizawl"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Ingerana aizawl Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A small frog named Ingerana aizawl found along a stream on the Mizoram University campus in Aizawl has been formally recognised as a new species. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Ingerana aizawl<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>new species of frog.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was discovered at Hratdawng Stream on the <\/span><b>Mizoram University campus<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, about 15 km west of central Aizawl.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Ingerana aizawl <\/b><b>Features<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The new frog is <\/span><b>small and stout-bodied<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Adult males measure 22\u201325.5 mm in snout-to-vent length, while females measure 24.4\u201326 mm.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has a <\/span><b>distinct circular tympanum,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> a prominent supratympanic fold, <\/span><b>small rounded discs at the tips of its fingers and toes<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and a notably <\/span><b>wrinkled dorsal surface.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The frog is predominantly <\/span><b>dark brown to reddish-brown,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with darker lateral surfaces forming a diffuse band extending towards the groin.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Its <\/span><b>iris is dark brown to blackish<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with a faint coppery tint.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The species is closely associated with <\/span><b>water and forest habitats.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Researchers found it <\/span><b>around streams, wetlands, and marshes <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">between 94 and 823 metres above sea level, with<\/span><b> most individuals encountered at night on wet rocks <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in or beside trickling, fast-flowing, and cascading streams.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>During the day, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the frogs<\/span><b> shelter in rock crevices, moist leaf litter,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and bushes.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Its <\/span><b>breeding season <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">appears to coincide with the <\/span><b>monsoon<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The frog\u2019s call consists generally of 12 notes, with the analysed call lasting about 1.42 seconds and having a dominant frequency of 3,359 Hz. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>News: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/nenow.in\/environment\/new-frog-species-discovered-on-mizoram-university-campus-in-aizawl.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><b>NEN<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ingerana aizawl is a new species of frog discovered at Hratdawng Stream on the Mizoram University campus. 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