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Sonali did extensive field expeditions in remote forests of the Western Ghats, Northeast India, and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands during her decade-long research.
The purple frog belongs to the list of more than eight thousand amphibian species, which are facing the threat of extinction.
The new species, Pristimantis gretathunbergae, popularly known as Greta Thunberg Rain frog was first discovered in 2012.
Galaxy frog, which was first spotted in 1878, has been selected as a flagship species for conservation in Mathikettan Shola National Park in Idukki in early June this year.
The new species were identified and found to be distinct based on multiple criteria, such as their external morphology, DNA, calling pattern, behaviour, and other natural history observations.
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