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Kodaikanal Bush Frog
© Harshith JV
Renjith spotted with his amazing spotting skills. Probably we're lucky to sight this in Munnar side as not seen regularly there. This is very common in Kodaikanal district, Tamil Nadu and so named after the district.
Monsoon is around the corner. But I will miss out herping for 2 straight years because of pandemic. Right now I can only look back at previous herping adventures in my archive.
The scientific species name is honorary to French professor Alain Dubois, of the Paris Museum of Natural History in France, as an expression of gratitude and appreciation for his contributions to batrachological research and guidance to the species discoverers, S. D. Biju and Franky Bossuyt, in establishing their initial research projects (Biju and Bossuyt 2006). (amphibiaweb.org/species/6730)
I was not aware of the correct pronunciation of the species name until I watched Adam Sandler's recent movie "Hubie Halloween" on Netflix where his titular character name is Hubie Dubois. He is called as 'Doob-Wah' in the movie. Until then, I was pronouncing it as "Doob-Oh-yus."
Common names: Kodaikanal Bush Frog
Scientific name: Raorchestes dubois
Place: Munnar, Kerala, India
Date: June 22, 2019
File name: IMG_4676.enhanced.upload.JPG
Kodaikanal Bush Frog
© Harshith JV
Renjith spotted with his amazing spotting skills. Probably we're lucky to sight this in Munnar side as not seen regularly there. This is very common in Kodaikanal district, Tamil Nadu and so named after the district.
Monsoon is around the corner. But I will miss out herping for 2 straight years because of pandemic. Right now I can only look back at previous herping adventures in my archive.
The scientific species name is honorary to French professor Alain Dubois, of the Paris Museum of Natural History in France, as an expression of gratitude and appreciation for his contributions to batrachological research and guidance to the species discoverers, S. D. Biju and Franky Bossuyt, in establishing their initial research projects (Biju and Bossuyt 2006). (amphibiaweb.org/species/6730)
I was not aware of the correct pronunciation of the species name until I watched Adam Sandler's recent movie "Hubie Halloween" on Netflix where his titular character name is Hubie Dubois. He is called as 'Doob-Wah' in the movie. Until then, I was pronouncing it as "Doob-Oh-yus."
Common names: Kodaikanal Bush Frog
Scientific name: Raorchestes dubois
Place: Munnar, Kerala, India
Date: June 22, 2019
File name: IMG_4676.enhanced.upload.JPG