The Western Ghats are a chain of mountains running from
Bombay to the southern tip of India. They are home to some of the most
diverse frog communities on Earth. Over 90% of the species there are
found nowhere else, and there is evidence that individual hilltops
harbour unique species. We produced a multimedia guide to the amphibians of Coorg that includes advertisment calls and details of larval stages.
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The mampam website has been running for 16 years and aims to provide full details of projects at no charge. All out of print books and multimedia guides are provided here and full image archives are being developed for each project. This will complete the website's mission.
Butaan jump from incredible heights, land on the ground
with a huge crash and walk away uninjured. Jumps to the ground from 30m were
recorded by Auffenberg and our spool and line tracking suggests lizards
regularly jump from heights of 4-15m when they are unmolested. The amazing
jumping power of the butaan is undocumented in any other monitors lizard and
may be one more unique aspects of the Putras Biawak group.
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