New Delhi: A scientist at the University of Delhi became the first American researcher of India to find 50 new frog species.
He has been awarded E O Wilson Biodiversity to work at Harvard University and continue the search to uncover Bahati Bumi diversity.
Dr.
Sonali Garg from the Department of Environmental Studies, DU will now work in the Museum of comparative zoology in affiliates with the Department of Organism and Evolutionary Biology.
Garg’s leading female frog researcher is a familiar name for frog researchers.
He formally described 50 species of new frogs – the first Indian woman to achieve this difference.
The Museum of Comparative Zoology (MCZ) was founded in 1859 and is a research and education center that focuses on comparative relationships of animal life.
Through this fellowship, Garg will advance his search for the discovery of Earth animal species.
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“An alliance of Biodiversity E O Wilson at Harvard is a respectable recognition for my work.
This is an extraordinary opportunity to learn and expand my research about revealing the diversity of beautiful amphibians,” Garg said.
Garg took a PhD from the Department of Environmental Studies under the guidance of Frogman of India, Professor S Dju.
He continued to work here as a research partner sponsored by the Scientific and Industrial Research Council (CSIR), the Indian government.
“The biggest recognition for the mentor is the success of their students.
There is no more appreciation for me than seeing my students excel and grow bigger.
I’m sure Dr.
Salali will continue to make more scientific contributions to the research of global biodiversity,” Biju said.
Garg has studied frogs throughout India and outside India.
The extensive field expedition has taken it to a remote forest of Western Ghats, Northeast India, and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
Outside of India, the scientific fotay extends to Sri Lanka, Indonesia and Thailand.
The discovery from Indonesia is one of the smallest frogs found there.
As a young herpetologist, Garg has contributed significantly to the research and conservation of Indian amphibians.
He was awarded with JC C Daniel Young Conservation Leader by Bombay Nature History of Society in 2019.
His scientific findings have received attention in more than 100 popular articles covered by national and international media platforms that are recorded including National Geographic and American Scientific.
Sonali’s extraordinary discovery covers the new genus and mysterious frog species, seven new miniature frog species, four new species of digging frogs, and new species recently referred to as Professor Deepak Pental, former representative of Chancellor Du.
Apart from the new species, Garg has described three new genera and completed many of the centuries century taxonomic puzzles.
The research is largely focused on uncovering the diversity of unique frogs, studying their evolutionary relationships using DNA, and biogeography to outline historical and current distribution patterns.
