K P Dinesh, scientist, ZSI, and co-author of the study, said, “The newly discovered species, being a large-sized cricket frog, belongs to one of the ancient lineages among its related members.

They caught a few of these “large” frogs and, after taking a closer look, realized they’d discovered a new species: Minervarya ghatiborealis, or the Mahabaleshwar cricket frog. A Minervarya ...