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Channel: NILGIRI NEWS
Date: 18/07/2021

In Thrissur , Kerala State a rare purple frog found in Jijo Kurien's  field. when jijo found the frog he took the picture and shared it and conclude this frog name is purple frog popularly known as mahabalithavala
These frogs live underground for their whole lives and breed only during the rainy season each year. Following their brief courtship above the ground, they quietly go back under the soil in a few days, where they lay eggs. Reportedly, these frogs are large built with small legs, small head and pointed snout-like lips. 
Weighing about 170 grams and measuring 6-9 cm, they feed both on the ground and below the ground. They hunt and feed on worms and insects with its long tongue. Not much of its lifestyle is known to researchers and its habitat and life cycle remains largely mysterious.
This frogs are in the Western Ghats of Kerala and Tamil Nadu alone.
Kerala forest department  has recommended to the state to declare the rare and endemic Purple frog aka 'Mahabali' frog as the new state amphibian.