AMPHIBIANS

                                                                 AMPHIBIANS


   The University of Delhi is coordinating a country wide field research in association with Scientists from other institutions to explore the amphibian diversity in the country and chart out a strategy for their conservation. Delhi University Vice Chancellor Dinesh Singh said the systematics Lab in the university had already reported several species of  frogs, whose existence was hitherto unknown to science.

  the current initiative lost Amphibians of India was launched with the hope of rediscovering over 50 species to be extinct. The university and the Kerala Forest Department are jointly organising a workshop on Monday,8th August,2011 for forest officials and the media to highlight amphibian conservation.
 Don church, Director, Global Wildlife conservation said 32 percent of the world's amphibian species faced extinction. Frogs,the most widely known amphibians are considered environmental barometres since they are senstive to subtle changes in the environment. Forest officials from Maharastra, Goa, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala will attend the amphibian workshop.

                                                                        Prof. John Kurakar