Photo tourism threatens rare galaxy frog population in India’s Western Ghats

Mongabay
Dec 18, 2025, 8:41 pm181 ptsTrendingTop
Seven threatened galaxy frogs (Melanobatrachus indicus) are gone from a research site in India’s Western Ghats after photographers seeking images of the rare, star-patterned amphibians destroyed their delicate forest floor habitat, according to a study published in Herpetology Notes. Researchers found the…

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