{"id":80767,"date":"2026-09-30T11:50:07","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T06:20:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=80767"},"modified":"2026-09-30T14:16:58","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T08:46:58","slug":"galaxy-frog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/galaxy-frog\/","title":{"rendered":"Galaxy Frog"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Galaxy Frog Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The rarely sighted Galaxy frog returned to the spotlight after the Additional Chief Secretary, Environment, Climate Change and Forests Department of Tamil Nadu, shared new images of the frog, as its galaxy-like spots are being studied. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Galaxy Frog<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>small, nocturnal amphibian.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <\/span><b>one of the rarest<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> amphibians in the world.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The species was<\/span><b> first described<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in <\/span><b>1878 <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">from the <\/span><b><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/anaimalai-hills\/\" target=\"_blank\">Anamalai Hills<\/a> of Tamil Nadu<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and was later <\/span><b>rediscovered in 1997, after decades<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in which it was exceptionally difficult to find.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It belongs to the family Microhylidae and sub-family Melanobatrachinae.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scientific Name: Melanobatrachus indicus<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the <\/span><b>sole member of its genus.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Galaxy Frog <\/b><b>Habitat and Distribution<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <\/span><b>endemic <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to the<\/span><b> southern Western Ghats<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, with records from parts of <\/span><b>Kerala and Tamil Nadu.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The rarely-sighted creature lives in <\/span><b>wet evergreen <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and other <\/span><b>moist forest habitats,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> generally at elevations of about 1,000 to 1,500 metres.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They are typically found in <\/span><b>dark, moist places<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> such as u<\/span><b>nder the cover of leaf<\/b> <b>litter, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">rotting logs and rocks.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Galaxy Frog <\/b><b>Features<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has a <\/span><b>slender, elongated body<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of <\/span><b>uniform width.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It measures just 2-3.5 centimeters in length.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The amphibian&#8217;s <\/span><b>dark body<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is covered with<\/span><b> tiny bluish-white spots<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that <\/span><b>resemble stars, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">while <\/span><b>flashes of scarlet-orange<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> appear <\/span><b>underneath<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Galaxy Frog <\/b><b>Conservation Status<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is classified as &#8216;<b>Vulnerable<\/b>&#8216; under the IUCN Red List.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>News: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatoday.in\/amp\/science\/story\/india-galaxy-frog-melanobatrachus-indicus-western-ghats-3005489-2026-09-29\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><b>IT<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Galaxy Frog is a small, nocturnal amphibian endemic to the southern Western Ghats. 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