Meet one of the 13 new frog species, Raorchestes arunachalensis, described by #NatGeoExplorers Deepak Veerappan (drdeepakveerappan) and Abhijit Das, alongside lead author Bitupan Boruah from wii_dehradun! 🐸 Their newly published paper details the revision of bush frogs (Raorchestes and Philautus) in the highly biodiverse region of northeast India. This exciting finding, largely supported by the National Geographic Society, is the result of years of dedicated fieldwork, lab analysis and the examination of historic museum specimens. Veerappan explains, "We named most of the species after the places where they are found. We believe that such names have real conservation implications because it connects better with the local communities." Photo by Abhijit Das