Killer tadpoles threaten Andaman archipelago's native frog species
Thursday, April 11, 2019 - 09:22
in Biology & Nature
The Indian bullfrog, which is native to the Indian sub-continent, has recently invaded the Andaman archipelago. This group of islands lies about 1200 km east of the Indian mainland. The bullfrog was probably introduced to the archipelago in the early 2000s – either as adults released for human consumption, as tadpoles that contaminated aqua-cultural stocks, or both.