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Indians Scientists identifies a new species of primate wasp from genus Kudakrumia in Goa
Indians Scientists has recently identified a new species of primate wasp from the genus Kudakrumia in Goa. The new species was collected in the forests of Western Ghats. The wasp, which is dubbed as Kudakrumia rangnekari, was named after Goa-based researcher Parag Rangnekar. Rangnekar is the author of a book “Butterflies of Goa”, which is ..
Topics: Apocrita • Geography of Coimbatore • Geography of India • Ghat • Goa • Hymenoptera • Idionyx gomantakensis • India • States and union territories of India • Wasp • Western Ghats
One of India’s Smallest Orchids discovered in Assam
Lecanorchis taiwaniana (The parasitic bloom), a type of orchid was accidentally discovered in Assam by Assam’s forest officer named Jatindra Sarma . He is also the Member Secretary of State Medicinal Plants Board. Key Findings: The orchid species is already known in Japan, Taiwan, and Laos. This is the first time it is discovered in ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2019
Category: Environment Current Affairs
Topics: apan • Assam • Japanese Journal of Botany • Japanese orchid • Lecanorchis taiwaniana • Mycoheterotroph • New record for the flora in India • Taiwan • Western Ghats
Purple Frog to be crowned Kerala’s state amphibian
Purple frog could be soon designated as Kerala’s state amphibian. The proposal for this is being mooted by Kerela’s leading Herpetologists (a specialist in study of reptiles and amphibians). The odd-looking species is endemic to Western Ghats. The title would help in protecting species fragile habitat. About Purple Frog Scientific Name: Nasikabatrachus sahyadrensis (N. sahyadrensis). ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2019
Category: Environment Current Affairs
Topics: Anaimalai Hills • Endangered • Herpetologist • International Union for Conservation of Nature • IUCN Red List • kerela • living fossil • Maveli frog • Nilgiri Hills • Palghat Gap • Pignose Frog • Purple Frog • Western Ghats
Decolourisation of River Periyar
The River Periyar in Kerala is again witnessing the decolourisation. The decolourisation of River Periyar which provides drinking water to Kochi city and adjoining areas has become the cause of worry for the people and government of Kerala. The water turned pitch black in one stream, it was milky near the Pathalam regulator-cum-bridge. Eutrophication The ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2019
Topics: Arabian Sea • eutrophication • Idukki dam • Irrigation • Kerala • Kochi • Periyar Lake • River Periyar • Tamil Nadu • Western Ghats
International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) lists Hump-backed Mahseer as Critically Endangered
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has recently listed Hump-backed Mahseer as Critically Endangered in the Red List of Threatened Species. The scientific name of hump-backed mahseer is ‘Tor remadevii’, which is named after noted ichthyologist K. Remadevi of the Zoological Survey of India. The giant game fish (also called the tiger of ..
Topics: Cyprinidae • Cypriniformes • Freshwater fish of India • Great hornbill • Hornbill • Mahseer • Ostariophysi • Tor • Tor malabaricus • Tor remadevii • Western Ghats • Wreathed hornbill