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	Purple Frog (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Biju and Bossuyt named the new species Nasikabatrachus sahyadrensis and say it is so unique that it warrants the establishment of a new frog family, Nasikabatrachidae, of which it is the only member.
		The relationship of Nasikabatrachus with the Sooglossidae in the Seychelles suggests that these frogs evolved about 130 million years ago before an ancient landmass known as Gondwana broke apart, sending India on a collision course with Asia and splitting the Seychelles adrift in the Indian Ocean.
		Nasikabatrachus was discovered in the Western Ghats, a mountain range in southern India covered in tropical forests.
	www.crystalinks.com /purplefrog.html (946 words)

	Purple Frog Pops Up (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Two scientists, S.D. Biju of India, and Franky Bossuyt of Belgium, found the frog in the Western Ghats Mountains of Southern India.
		The new species, named Nasikabatrachus sahyadrensis, belongs to an entirely new family of frogs.
		Nasikabatrachus sahyadrensis is not likely to win any beauty contests.
	www.genomenewsnetwork.org /articles/10_03/purple_frog.shtml (390 words)

	Encyclopedia: Frog (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		This new species, dubbed Nasikabatrachus sahyadrensis (commonly Purple Frog or Pignose Frog), is dark purple in color, seven centimeters in length, and has a small head and a pointy snout.
		Binomial name Nasikabatrachus sahyadrensis Bijui, Bossuyt, 2003 Nasikabatrachus sahyadrensis is a frog species from the Western Ghats, India.
		The seal of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel The Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) is a Dutch-speaking university situated in Brussels, Belgium.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Frog (3741 words)

	The Hindu : Kerala News : Canopy frog spotted in Wayanad
		The same S.D. Biju-Franky Bossuyt team was behind the finding of a purple, snub-nosed burrowing frog of the Western Ghats, Nasikabatrachus sahyadrensis, which became one of the hottest topics of discussion in the scientific world last year.
		Most of these families were named by the mid-1800s and the last discovery of a species of frog belonging to a new family was in 1926.
		Nasikabatrachus sahyadrensis was not just a new species of frog, but a frog of a new family reported after a gap of more than 75 years.
	www.hinduonnet.com /2005/03/25/stories/2005032508240500.htm (657 words)

	The Hindu : The frog and the scientist
		Nasikabatrachus sahyadrensis, represents not only a new species but also a new family of frogs.
		Its internal anatomy and DNA sequence data show that it belongs to a species that existed in the age of the dinosaurs.
		He said Nasikabatrachus sahyadrensis was, in fact, widely distributed in the forests of the Western Ghats and the adjoining plantations in Kerala and Tamil Nadu.
	www.hinduonnet.com /2003/10/21/stories/2003102103222200.htm (638 words)

	NEW@TCU - TCU Alumni Newsletter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		She’s Nasikabatrachus sahyadrensis, and her genetic analysis indicates she’s a “living fossil” and like no other frog alive today.
		In fact, the Belgian and Indian scientists who discovered the three-inch-long amphibian in the Western Ghats Mountains of Southern India have placed her in a new frog “family,” and say her closest relative is found 1,800 miles away in the Seychelles archipelago.
		Ancestors of Nasikabatrachus sahyadrensis are believed to have lived among dinosaurs 175 million years ago and were probably separated from the Seychelles clan when India broke apart from Africa and crashed into Asia millions of years ago.
	www.alumni.tcu.edu /newsletter/12152003/1215200315.htm (238 words)

	cooltech.iafrica.com \| coolscience Purple frog leaps into species book (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The chubby, seven-centimetre beast has been dubbed Nasikabatrachus sahyadrensis, from the Sanskrit word for nose (nasika); batrachus, meaning frog; and Sahyadri, the name for the hills along the western Indian coast that are also called the Western Ghats.
		sahyadrensis, according to its discoverers, is no ordinary frog.
		Indeed, in evolutionary terms, it is of royal lineage, being the very last representative of the kinds of frogs that hopped around the feet of the dinosaurs in the Cretaceous period, more than 65 million years ago.
	cooltech.iafrica.com /science/279447.htm (332 words)

	Ancient frog could spearhead conservation efforts : Nature (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The discovery of the purple or pignose frog Nasikabatrachus sahyadrensis was recently reported by two groups (see Nature 425, 711−714; 2003, and Current Science 86, 211−216; 2004).
		Inundation of large chunks of valley forests in the Western Ghats by dam projects could spell disaster to this ancient amphibian and many other endemic taxa.
		Nasikabatrachus can be used as a flagship to promote the conservation of important habitats in the region.
	www.nature.com /nature/journal/v428/n6982/full/428467a.html (307 words)

	Encyclopedia: Purple-Frog
		Common names for this species are Purple Frog or Pignose Frog.
		Image File history File links Purple frog (Nasikabatrachus sahyadrensis) Source of the image: BBC and S.D. Biju/Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute, India.
		Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Purple_Frog (751 words)

	'Living Fossil' Frog Hopped With The Dinosaurs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		It was found in the Western Ghats hills of Kerala, southern India, a region known to be a "hotspot" of biodiversity.
		DNA analysis showed that the amphibian, Nasikabatrachus sahyadrensis, belonged not only to a previously unknown species but a whole new family of frogs.
		The nearest living relatives of N. sahyadrensis are the sooglossids, a small group of frogs found only in the Seychelles in the Indian Ocean.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-chat/1001838/posts (1042 words)

	The Hindu : A passion for frogs
		A purple, three-inch, snub-nosed, burrowing frog of the Western Ghats, which he and a Brussels-based evolutionary geneticist, Franky Bossuyt, recently reported in the British science magazine, Nature, is one of the hottest topics of discussion in the scientific world today.
		The media world over splashed the discovery of Nasikabatrachus Sahyadrensis, as the new frog is christened, in the front page because of two reasons.
		First, only 29 families of frogs, encompassing approximately 4,800 species, were known till then.
	www.hindu.com /lf/2004/03/21/stories/2004032100090200.htm (592 words)

	Noticias (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Los científicos han descrito a este batracio de color púrpura brillante, que se asemeja a una ciruela con hocico blanco, como un " fosil vivente".
		El nuevo batracio, de siete centímetros de largo, ha sido denominado "Nasikabatrachus sahyadrensis" y, según sus descubridores, proviene de una rama muy antigua en el árbol genealógico de las ranas, tal y como revelan los datos aportados por su anatomía y el análisis de su ADN.
		En concreto, "Nasikabatrachus sahyadrensis" es pariente cercana de otro grupo de ranas, "Sooglosisidae", que viven todavía en las islas Seychelles, a más de 3.000 kilómetros de La India.
	www.criptozoologia.org /not22.htm (136 words)

	The Wetass Chronicles
		Consider the fact that there are only 29 known families of frogs and the last new one was identified more than 75 years ago, in 1926.
		Plus, this guy, who will be known as Nasikabatrachus sahyadrensis (he definitely needs a new PR agent), is believed to be the last representative of a type of frog that gamboled at the feet of Cretaceous period dinosaurs 65 million years ago.
		This frog is also similar to a family of frogs that lives across the Indian Ocean, in the Seychelles, supporting the theory of "Gondwana," the supercontinent which is believed to have incorporated all of earth's current continents before splitting apart.
	www.wetasschronicles.com /archives/2003_10_16_archive.html (533 words)

	Apothecary's Drawer Weblog
		Ah, here it is. From BBC News, Purple frog delights scientists: the newly discovered Indian frog Nasikabatrachus sahyadrensis ("nasika" = Sanskrit for nose, as it has a snout).
		It's of considerable evolutionary significance as its DNA shows a relationship - a common ancestor an estimated 150 million years back - to a different, and isolated, family of Seychelles frogs.
		There are plenty of sites repeating the news, but not much about the frog itself, beyond the basics that it burrows and lives in cardamom plantations.
	www.raygirvan.co.uk /apoth/2003_10_01_arc.html (1682 words)

	The Hindu : Opinion / Editorials : HEY PRESTO, A NEW MACAQUE
		The Arunachal macaque's high rank in the evolutionary ladder makes its morphological characterisation, identity in relation to other closely related Macaca species, and field habits scientifically exciting.
		Late last year the journal Nature reported the discovery of Nasikabatrachus sahyadrensis, a frog in the Western Ghats so unique that it led to the creation of a new family of species that may be related to similar amphibians found as far away as Seychelles.
		Another landmark was the finding of the Calayan Rail, a bird species, in a remote area of the Philippines earlier this year.
	www.hindu.com /2004/12/21/stories/2004122104631000.htm (596 words)

	Zoo Station
		Well, this story has been around for a few days, I almost feel embarassed at not having posted it here.
		The BBC has reported the discovery of the Nasikabatrachus sahyadrensis (announced in Nature), a purple frog with the most bizarre snout and head I have ever seen.
		It almost looks like its caught somewhere between fish and amphibian on the evolutionary ladder.
	wetware.blogspot.com /2003/10/not-just-any-ribbit.html (184 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| The Guardian \| New frog species is 'living fossil'
		The frog uses its powerful forelimbs and hard snout to burrow into the soil.
		DNA analysis of Nasikabatrachus sahyadrensis show it belongs to a species that dates back more than 100m years and originated in Indo-Madagascar, the land mass incorporating India, Madagascar and the Seychelles.
		The closest relatives to the frog are a small colony living on the Seychelles, which split from the common land mass 65m years ago, the scientists report in the journal Nature today.
	www.guardian.co.uk /international/story/0,3604,1063818,00.html (258 words)

	CBBC Newsround \| ANIMALS \| 'Living fossil' hops out of past
		A new species of frog has been discovered whose ancestors hopped around the feet of dinosaurs.
		Scientists describe the burrowing frog, which looks like a fat purple plum, as a 'living fossil', and have called it Nasikabatrachus sahyadrensis.
		It was found in southern India, and is part of a whole new family of species, related to prehistoric frogs who hopped about 65-80 million years ago.
	news.bbc.co.uk /cbbcnews/hi/animals/newsid_3197000/3197482.stm (134 words)

	On The Matter Of Books: Comment on "Nasikabatrachus sahyadrensis," a new species of frog (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
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	The coelacanth frog (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The "astonishing" discovery of a "bizarre" purple burrowing frog living in the tropical rainforests of the Western Ghats mountain range in southern India has caused great excitement among biologists.
		The frog, newly named Nasikabatrachus sahyadrensis, is described as a "living fossil"—a representative of "an ancient lineage that dates back to the dinosaurs".
		Said to be a "once-in-a-century find", one commentator labelled it "the coelacanth of frogs"—a reference to the famous coelacanth fish, now known to be living, but previously assumed to have been extinct for some 80 million years.
	lists.prince.org /msg/105/157095 (7184 words)

	Jharkhand launches Safai yatra : HindustanTimes.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		It's better to fight for safer life and better health right here.
		Think of Nasikabatrachus sahyadrensis, a plump-looking purple frog with a pouting snout that was recently discovered in the Western Ghats.
		The frog has been described as a squat blob rather than an animal.
	www.hindustantimes.com /news/181_456537,00040011.htm (403 words)

	Frogs and Toads Amphibia Chordata Animalia Flora and Fauna Biology Science English España (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Information, pictures, and sounds of Australian frogs; conservation, research, and education projects concerning frogs.
		Nasikabatrachus sahyadrensis, a bright purple burrowing frog, was discovered in the Western Ghats hills of Kerala, southern India.
		It has been assigned to a new family, and its closest relatives live in the Seychelles islands.
	www.amigar.com /buscador/Top/101071167-10000001 (491 words)

	Nasikabatrachus sahyadrensis [Archive] - EA Forums
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		10-24-2003, 03:53 PM Nasikabatrachus sahyadrensis aka a Purple Frog :)
		It's not everyday that scientists discover a previously unknown species of frog.
	www.eaforums.com /forums/archive/index.php/t-28623.html (162 words)

	Boston.com / News / Boston Globe / Health / Science / Promiscuity's for the birds
		It may not look much like Kermit, being bloated and bright purple with a long, pointy nose, but a frog recently discovered in the mountains of southern India may well become the next big amphibian celebrity.
		Named Nasikabatrachus sahyadrensis (Nasikabatrachus is a combination of Sanskrit and Latin meaning "frog with nose"), this "living fossil" diverged from its froggy ancestors during the time of the dinosaurs.
		In an accompanying commentary, S. Blair Hedges of Pennsylvania State University describes the frog as "a once-in-a-century find."
	www.boston.com /news/globe/health_science/articles/2003/10/21/promiscuitys_for_the_birds (520 words)

	Search Tuna Report for frog (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		It has to be one of the strangest looking frogs ever discovered...
		Scientists have given it the name Nasikabatrachus sahyadrensis, from the Sanskrit word for nose nasika ; batrachus, meaning frog; and Sahyadri, the name for its mountain home....
		Description: A chubby amphibian with a pointy snout discovered in India tells a story of continental break-up and millions of years of evolution.
	www.searchtuna.com /ftlive2/510.html (2469 words)

	Talk Blather :: View topic - Three Headed Frog
		Posted: Wed Mar 10, 2004 12:16 pm Post subject:
		Just imagine this fellah would mate with Nasikabatrachus sahyadrensis aka Thee Eevil Purple Frog From Hell!
		Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2004 1:36 pm Post subject:
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	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		This new family has been named Nasikabatrachidae (Nasika, for nose,).
		The frog itself has been given the fitting binomial name Nasikabatrachus Sahyadrensis.
		Other frog species in the Western Ghats region include Rana temporalis, Rana malabarica, Philautus species, Rhacophorus species, etc. 'True frogs4' are placed in the worldwide family of Ranidae, with 800 species, of which the genus Rana is the best known.
	www.goanet.org /pipermail/goanet/2004-June.txt (18323 words)

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