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Studied over 21 years, new frog species ‘Leptobrachium aryatium’ named after Assam college

Studied over 21 years, new frog species ‘Leptobrachium aryatium’ named after Assam college

The Hindu
Monday, April 14, 2025 7:44 AM GMT

Study unveils new frog species named after Assam college, highlighting biodiversity in Garbhanga Reserve Forest.

GUWAHATI A study spanning 21 years has yielded a new species of frog named after an Assam college that helped a locality shed its identity as a hub of country liquor production.

Guwahati’s Aryanagar used to be called Sharabbhati, meaning a place for brewing liquor. The locality was renamed in 2022 to give it the respectability that the local authorities felt Arya Vidyapeeth College, one of Assam’s most reputed educational institutions in the vicinity, deserved.

Leptobrachium aryatium, a new-to-science frog recorded in the Garbhanga Reserve Forest on the southwestern part of Guwahati bordering Meghalaya, is now wearing the college’s name.

The frog has been described by four zoologists, associated with Arya Vidyapeeth College either as alumni or faculty members, in the latest issue of the journal Zootaxa. They are Jayaditya Purkayastha of Guwahati-based NGO Help Earth; Dipankar Dutta of the University of Science and Technology, Meghalaya; Jayanta Gogoi of Arya Vidyapeeth College, and Saibal Sengupta of Assam Don Bosco University.

“This frog stood out with its fiery orange-and-black eyes, a unique reticulated throat pattern, and a smooth, rhythmic call at dusk. Scientific analysis of its appearance, DNA, and call patterns confirmed that this was a previously unknown species,” Dr. Purkayastha said.

The genus Leptobrachium, comprising a group of stocky frogs with broad heads, relatively short hind limbs, and distinctively coloured eyes, currently consists of 38 species and is widely distributed across Southern China and India to islands of the Sunda Shelf and the Philippines.

Studied first in 2004, the frog from the Garbhanga Reserve Forest was initially identified as the Leptobrachium smithi. “Not much work was being done on this genus for a long time. Recent molecular and morphological studies revealed significant cryptic diversity within the genus, describing several new species, particularly in Southeast Asia and the Indo-Burma region,” Dr. Purkayastha said.

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