Amphibians are Nature’s best Percussionists, Beatboxers, Choral Singers and Vocalists. 

They are also Harbingers of the monsoon and Guardians of the earth’s life systems. 
They are also sitting ducks for extinction. 

Dr. Seshadri tells us all about these night-time superstars-how they sing, how they find love, how they parent, how he discovered new frog species and all the million ways in which we need these enigmatic creatures in our lives. 

Buckle up for a ribbiting story.

Show Notes:

http://seshadriks.weebly.com/

http://seshadriks.weebly.com/uploads/2/0/0/2/20029205/seshadri_krishna_sunil_2012._bangalores_frogs_at_risk.pdf

https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn28013-zoologger-worlds-first-venomous-frog-has-the-kiss-of-death/

https://www.cell.com/current-biology/comments/S0960-9822(06)02384-0

https://news.mongabay.com/2012/07/3000-new-species-of-amphibians-discovered-in-25-years/

https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2016/10/14/13147056/amphibian-extinction-frog-bd

https://adamalonzi.wordpress.com/2016/05/10/amphibians-through-the-ages-why-frogs-matter/

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/07/03/535383841/how-frogs-benefited-from-the-dinosaurs-extinction

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/345793932_Amphibian_Species_Discovery_Pattern_in_India_Past_Present_and_Future_Trends

https://www.instagram.com/tigressontuktuk/?hl=en
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCth7fXVB3c1pRvz_ET8MrWg