Researchers from the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) have discovered a new species of Cascade Ranid frog in the Siju cave located in the South Garo Hills of Meghalaya. This new species has been named Amolops siju.
For the second time a species of frog has been discovered from a cave in India. It is the fourth new subspecies of the Cascade Ranid species. Cascades are such frogs that live in small waterfalls or flowing mountain streams.
Currently there are more than 70 known species in the genus Amolops of the Renidae family, which is one of the largest groups of frogs.
Cascade Rainidae species are widely found from Northeast and North India, Nepal, Bhutan, Indochina region to Malaya Peninsula.
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