Xenophrys apatani

04.07.2024

Xenophrys apatani

Why in the news?                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Recently, a team of researchers from the Zoological Survey of India recorded the forest-dwelling frog from the Talle Wildlife Sanctuary and named it as Xenophrys apatani.

About Xenophrys apatani:

• It has been named after the dominant Apatani community in recognition of their ingenuity in the conservation of wild flora and fauna.
• Distribution: It is distributed along the Eastern Himalayan and the Indo-Burma biodiversity hot spots of the country.

Key facts about Apatani community

• They are a tribal group of people living in the Ziro valley in Arunachal Pradesh.
• Language: They speak a local language called Tani and worship the sun and the moon.
• Festivals: They have major festivals like Dree, Myoko, Yapung and Murung.
• Dree is celebrated with prayers for a bumper harvest and prosperity of all humankind and Myoka celebrates friendship similar to modern friendship day.
• They have been practicing integrated rice-fish farming in their mountain terraces of Arunachal Pradesh since the 1960s.
• They principally use three rice varieties: Emeo, Pyape and Mypia.

Key Facts about Talle Valley Wildlife Sanctuary

• It is located near the beautiful Apatani cultural landscape in the Lower Subansiri District of Arunachal Pradesh.
• Rivers like Pange, Sipu, Karing, and Subansiri Flow through this sanctuary.
• Flora: It has a stunning spectrum of subtropical and alpine forests like silver fir trees, ferns, orchids, bamboo, and rhododendrons.
• Fauna:Clouded leopard, Himalayan squirrel, Himalayan Black Bear etc.

                                               Source: The Hindu

Ques :- Xenophrys apatani, recently in news, is a:

A.Butterfly

B.Gecko

C.Salt tolerant plant

D.Frog

Answer D