Facts for Prelims (FFP)
Source: IE
Context: Scientists were astonished to find a mushroom growing out of the side of a frog in India, marking the first known instance of such a phenomenon.
- Discovered in the Western Ghats, the frog, identified as a Rao’s Golden-backed frog, had a white-colored growth resembling a Bonnet mushroom.
The Rao’s Intermediate Golden-backed frog (Indosylvirana intermedia) is a species of frog named after its discoverer, C. R. Narayan Rao, an Indian herpetologist who discovered it in 1937.
It is endemic to the Western Ghats of Karnataka and Kerala, specifically above the Palghat Gap
