{"id":24495,"date":"2024-06-26T03:31:06","date_gmt":"2024-06-25T22:01:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=24495"},"modified":"2025-04-07T09:57:32","modified_gmt":"2025-04-07T04:27:32","slug":"indian-painted-frog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/indian-painted-frog\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Indian Painted Frog?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>About Indian Painted Frog:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is a species of <strong>narrow-mouthed frog<\/strong> that is part of the Microhylidae family.<\/li>\n<li>Scientific Name: Uperodon taprobanicus<\/li>\n<li><strong>Distribution<\/strong>: It is found in <strong>Sri Lanka<\/strong>, Bangladesh, <strong>southern and eastern India<\/strong>, and <strong>Nepal<\/strong> up to an altitude of about 1300 metres.<\/li>\n<li>It is <strong>most common in Sri Lanka<\/strong>. <strong>In India<\/strong>, it is found in the states of West Bengal, Odisha, Assam, Karnataka, Kerala, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, and Andhra Pradesh, and is <strong>most common in the southern areas of the Western and Eastern Ghats<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Features<\/strong>:\n<ul>\n<li>It can grow to an adult length of up to 75 millimetres (7.5 cm) from snout to vent with <strong>females being slightly larger<\/strong> than males.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>This species is notable for its striking appearance, characterized by its <strong>smooth, rounded body<\/strong> and <strong>distinctive colouration,<\/strong> which often includes <strong>shades of brown,<\/strong> with <strong>patches of<\/strong> brighter colours such as <strong>orange or yellow.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Conservation Status:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>IUCN Red List: Least Concern<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Key Facts about Kawal Tiger Reserve:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It is located in northeastern part of <strong>Telangana<\/strong> (Old Adilabad district), with the <strong>Godavari<\/strong> River <strong>on one side<\/strong> and the <strong>Maharashtra border on the other.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It forms part of the <strong>Deccan peninsula-central highlands<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Rivers<\/strong>: The reserve is the catchment for the rivers <strong>Godavari and Kadam<\/strong>, which flow towards the south of the sanctuary.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Corridor<\/strong>: It has connectivity <strong>to the Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve<\/strong> of Maharashtra in the north and to the <strong>Indravati Tiger Reserve<\/strong> of Chhattisgarh towards its north-eastern side.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Habitat<\/strong>: It has diverse habitats comprising dense forests, grasslands, open areas, rivers, streams, and water bodies.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Vegetation<\/strong>: <strong>Southern Tropical Dry Deciduous Forest.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Flora<\/strong>:\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Teak<\/strong> is found extensively, along with Bamboo.<\/li>\n<li>As many as 673 plant species have been recorded, and the important ones are Anogeissus latifolia, Mitragyna parviflora, Terminalia crenulata, Terminalia arjuna, Boswellia serrata, etc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Fauna<\/strong>:\n<ul>\n<li>It has a faunal diversity which is <strong>typical of the Deccan Plateau.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The major wild animals include: nilgai, chousinga, chinkara, black buck, sambar, spotted deer, wild dog, wolf, jackal, fox, tiger, leopard, and the jungle cat.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1: What are Deciduous Forests?<\/h3>\n<p>A deciduous forest is a type of forest dominated by trees that lose their foliage at the end of the growing season. This is in contrast to an evergreen forest where a majority of the trees remain \u201cgreen\u201d throughout the year because they shed leaves not seasonally but at various periods of the year. In a deciduous forest, there is a complete seasonal loss of leaves followed by the production of new foliage. The term deciduous means \u201ctemporary\u201d or \u201ctending to fall off\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/city\/hyderabad\/rare-indian-painted-frog-spotted-at-kawal\/articleshow\/111123290.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Rare Indian Painted Frog spotted at Telangana tiger reserve<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Indian Painted Frog is a species of narrow-mouthed frog that is part of the Microhylidae family. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":24496,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-24495","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24495","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24495"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24495\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}