Nasikabatrachus bhupathi: Difference between revisions

'''''Nasikabatrachus bhupathi''''', or '''Bhupathy's purple frog''',<ref name=NatGeo>{{cite web |url=http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/08/purple-frog-new-species-discovery-india-monsoon/ |title=New Purple Pig-Nose Frog Found in Remote Mountains |last=Bittel |first=Jason |work=National Geographic |series=Weird & Wild |location=Washington, DC |date=2017-08-24 |access-date=1 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170901111358/http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/08/purple-frog-new-species-discovery-india-monsoon/ |archive-date=1 September 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref> is a [[frog]] species belonging to the family [[Nasikabatrachidae]]. It can be found in the [[Western Ghats]] in [[India]] and was discovered near the [[Grizzled Squirrel Wildlife Sanctuary|Srivilliputhur Grizzled Giant Squirrel Wildlife Sanctuary]].<ref name=Janani /><ref name=Frost/> The [[Specific name (zoology)|specific epithet]] honors Subramanian Bhupathy (1963–2014) who had a fatal fall while conducting [[herpetology]] field work near [[Agastya Mala]] hills on 28 April 2014.<ref name=Janani />