As such, modification of stream channels may endanger them. Both adults and tadpoles of Adi cascade frogs, the species in question, are particularly adapted to fast flowing sections of stream. Genus Amolops is among the largest groups of ranid frogs (family Ranidae) with 73 known species widely distributed across India’s North East and north, Nepal, Bhutan, China, the Indochina region and the Malaya Peninsula.Ĭascade frogs, in general, depend on the flow of water. The nomenclature ‘cascade frogs’ draws on their preference for small waterfalls. Making of check dams on streams and removal of boulders may wipe out the local population of Adi cascade frogs ( Amolops adicola), a recently discovered species in Arunachal Pradesh, scientists claimed.
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