Monsoon Croaks Bioblitz
The Centre for Citizen Science and Biodiversity Informatics under the Kerala Forest Research Institute (KFRI) is organising Monsoon Croaks Bioblitz 2024, a citizen science programme aimed at documenting the frogs of Kerala during the monsoon.
A bioblitz is an intensive survey conducted over a period of time to identify as many species as possible within a designated area.
The survey was held in 2023 as well.
Challenges faced by Frogs
Survival of frogs, which serves as an indicator of the ecosystem’s health, is being challenged by many factors such as climate change, untimely rainfall patterns, habitat loss and water pollution.
As a result, 41% of the world’s frogs are on the IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) Red List of endangered species.
The situation is no different in Kerala, which has over 200 frog species.
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