The 12 New Night Frogs

I had written a story about Biju’s night frog discovery. I still have some of the photographs, so here goes

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Spinular Night Frog Nyctibatrachus acanthodermis	The species name is derived from two Greek words – ‘acanthos’, meaning spine or thorn, and ‘dermis’ meaning skin – referring to the spiny skin of this species.
Daniel’s Night Frog Nyctibatrachus danieli	This species is named after J.C. Daniel of the BNHS, in great appreciation of his contribution to Indian wildlife research.
Deven’s Night Frog Nyctibatrachus deveni	The species is named after Deven Brian Sheth, a young nature lover in honour of his parents Mr Brian Niranjan Sheth (of Indian origin) and Mrs Adria Marie Sheth, for their contribution to global conservation of Indian amphibians.
Gavi Night Frog Nyctibatrachus gavi	The species is named after Gavi, where the specimen was collected.
Wayanad Night Frog Nyctibatrachus grandis	The species epithet grandis (Latin word) is an adjective meaning large, referring to the largest adult size reported in Nyctibatrachus.
Indraneils Night Frog Nyctibatrachus indraneili	This species is named after Indraneil Das, to honour his contribution to herpetological research in south and south-east Asia.
Jog’s Night Frog Nyctibatrachus jog	The species is named after Jog Falls, where the type series was collected.
Periyari Night Frog Nyctibatrachus periyar	The species is named after Periyar Tiger Reserve, where the type series was collected.
Pillai’s Night Frog Nyctibatrachus pillaii	This species is named after R.S. Pillai of the ZSI, in appreciation for his contribution to Indian amphibian systematics.
Meowing Night Frog Nyctibatrachus poocha	The species epithet poocha (Malayalam word, the major language of Kerala state) means domestic cat, referring to the advertisement call which is reminiscent of the call of a cat.
Shiradi Night Frog Nyctibatrachus shiradi	The species name shiradi is derived from Shiradi Ghat
VUB Night Frog Nyctibatrachus vrijeuni	The species is named after the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, where S.D. Biju, Ines Van Bocxlaer and Franky Bossuyt completed their PhDs.

How Did I Miss This

While looking up David Attenborough, I came across this entry from Wikipedia.

Attenborough also launched ARKive in May 2003,^[41] a global project which had been instigated by Christopher Parsons to gather together natural history media into a digital library, an online Noah's Ark.

And ARKive.org is spectacular.

'>Sea Horses – and the thylacine

Need to examine their APIs for deep embedding

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On a similar note, the WWF has released its 2010 Living Planet Report

Odds and Ends

Some lovely photographs here, taken by the census for marine life. Their video gallery is good, too.

There was also this obituary about a guy who – well lived a normal life – living within his means (even on minimum wage) – and was killed by a hit and run. Good for the Petersburg Times for responding to a troll in the most graceful manner possible.