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Bhekuli Biya (transl. frog marriage), is a traditional Hindu practice originating in Assam, India.Also referred to as "Mandooka Parinaya" and "Banger Biye" in various regions of India, [1] the ritual takes place during the dry summer months with the aim of invoking rain.
Pseudophilautus singu is a species of frog in the family Rhacophoridae, endemic to southwestern Sri Lanka.It is known from the Kanneliya-Dediyagala-Nakiyadeniya, Kitulgala, and Kottawa Forest Reserves and from the Sinharaja World Heritage Site.
The Frog and the Lizard [2] The Two Who Were Brothers Indeed [3] How the Gond Saved His Field of Gram [4] Bhimsen and Fever [5] The King Who Learned From a Cock [6] The Wicked Mother-In-Law [7] How a Wedding Song Saved Property [8] The Wonderful Ox [9] The Three Drunkards [10] Satwanti [11] The Woman on a Fig Tree [12]
Sri Lanka burrowing frog Sphaerotheca rolandae (Dubois, 1983) Endemic [25] Common Indian cricket frog Minervarya agricola (Jerdon, 1853) [26] Montane frog Minervarya greenii (Boulenger, 1904) Endemic [27] Kirtisinghe's frog Minervarya kirtisinghei Manamendra-Arachchi & Gabadage, 1994 Endemic [28] Family Microhylidae: narrow-mouthed frogs
Pseudophilautus is a genus of shrub frogs in the family Rhacophoridae endemic to the Western Ghats of southwestern India and to Sri Lanka where the majority of the species are found. [1] Many of them are already extinct (marked with † in the species list). [2] On the other, some species believed to be extinct have also been rediscovered. [3] [4]
A golden-backed frog was discovered with a tiny mushroom growing out of its flank, leaving scientists to question what might be the cause for the unique fungal growth. A frog in India has a ...
Sathyabhama Das Biju was born in May 1963 and was raised in rural Kerala in the town of Kadakkal, Kollam.Biju did not receive a proper formal school education. [12] [13] He completed his master's degree in Botany from Kerala University in 1987 and obtained his first PhD in Plant Systematics in 1999 from Calicut University.
The story of the Blue Jackal known through oral transmission doesn't vary much from one part of India to another. Although the creature is known variously as Chandru, Neelaakanth or Neela Gidhar (literally, Blue Jackal). The most common version [1] is told like this: