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| | ENVIRO NEWS, October-December 2001 Vol. 5 |
 | | They concluded that out of the 207 amphibian species then known from India, nine were critically endangered, 42 endangered, 39 vulnerable, 74 in the lower risk category while for 43, the data was deficient for determining their status. |
 | | It is semi-aquatic and found in the hilly lakes of Sikkim, Northern West Bengal, Khasi hills of Meghalaya, Lohit district of Arunachal Pradesh and Manipur between altitudes of 1330-2220 metres. |
 | | But most of the taxonomic information on the amphibian fauna of India is available in the outstanding contributions of George Boulenger (1890) in the "Fauna of British India" series which includes 124 anurans, one salamander and five gymnophionans. |
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