India Environment Portal | News, reports, documents, blogs, data, analysis on environment & development | India, South Asia
Published on India Environment Portal | News, reports, documents, blogs, data, analysis on environment & development | India, South Asia (http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in)

Home > Featured Articles > Threat to amphibian population in district Midnapore, West Bengal > Threat to amphibian population in district Midnapore, West Bengal

Threat to amphibian population in district Midnapore, West Bengal [1]

Amphibians watched the dinosaurs come and go, but today almost half of them are threatened with extinction. In 2010, Zoological Survey of India has documented a total of 311 amphibian species in India. Out of these 46 amphibian species are found in all 19 districts of West Bengal.

Publication Date: 
01/10/2011
Suman Pratihar [2]
Indian Forester [3]
137
10
1230-1231
Tags:
Amphibians [4], Medinipur (D) [5], West Bengal [6], Endangered Species [7]
Centre for Science and Environment
National Knowledge Commission Government of India

Technology Partners: MimirTech


India Environment Portal by Centre for Science and Environment is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.5 India License.


Source URL: http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/threat-amphibian-population-district-midnapore-west-bengal

Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/threat-amphibian-population-district-midnapore-west-bengal
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/suman-pratihar
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/indian-forester-0
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/amphibians
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/medinipur-d
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/west-bengal
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/endangered-species