12 new species & rediscovery of 3 Lost! night frogs published in the latest issue of  Zootaxa, a peer-reviewed journal for animal taxonomists.
 

Our team is in a constant state of readiness. The main constraint is availability of resources. Some of our ongoing plans are already funded. But there is a huge gap between what is needed and what is available as funds.

Projects (Major Grants)
National: 1,12,28,533 INR
International: USD 228,988 (1,07,62,436 INR)
Total: 2,19,90,969 INR

  • DBT: Development of DNA Barcode for amphibian fauna of the Western Ghats, DBT, Government of India
  • MoEF: Diversity and endemism of hill stream amphibians of the Western Ghats of Kerala and Karnataka, MoEF, Government of India
  • IUCN/ASG: Amphibians of India: in search of ‘the lost species’, Amphibian Specialist Group (IUCN/SSC)
  • CEPF/CI: Conservation of Caecilians in the Eastern Himalayas Region, CEPF, Conservation International, Washington, USA
  • Royal Society London/NHM, London: International Joint Project under the scheme Royal Society Program through the Natural History Museum, London (NHM): Amphibians of Northeast India
  • US Fish and Wildlife: Establishing a Protected Area Network for the Threatened Amphibians of the Western Ghats
  • PTES/ZSI: Conservation assessment and prioritization of the Indian Purple frog (Nasikabatrachus sp.) through systematics and reproductive biology, PTES, Zoological Society of London, London
  • University of Delhi: Amphibians of India
  • CEPF/Conservation International: Western Ghats Network of Protected areas for Threatened Amphibians