Rain mode and rock pool size are important to grow on the Leich Plateau in Kangkan

The earlier plateau of Konkan region of Maharashtra was founded millions of years ago and is called “Sadas” in Marathi, and is a variety of animals and plants. These plateaus support unique freshwater rock pools formed by erosion and weathering over time and are key frog breeding habitats.

One article is:’Effects and abundance of abiotic and biological factors on the of TT and TadpoleVijayan Jithin and Rohit Naniwadekar published April 4, 2025 in the Dutch journal Aquatic Ecology, the researchers and scientists explain how bedrock outcrops, monsoon progress and the size of freshwater rock pools in existing predators affect their size on rock outcrops.

A rock pool is a depression in the rock surface with a plate or bucket-shaped pool that is fed by monsoon rainfall. They contain a variety of endemic organisms that are uniquely suited to highly variable environments in open rock ecosystems. Since these depressions on the rock surface can temporarily store water during the monsoon, they act as breeding grounds and ts for frogs living around the area. Frogs usually require bodies of water to reproduce, deposit eggs and t development.

These rock pools also benefit other organisms such as microscopic phytoplankton, zooplankton, larger algae, aquatic plants, insects and vertebrates. Many of these are also endemic species, usually occurring only in a few pools.

From Northern Kerala to Ratnagiri district in Maharashtra, you can find an earlier rock pool along the western coast. Large Deccan volcano has led to the largest expansion of the low-altitude plateaus of the Western Ghats, with many rock pools in these open habitats.

Researchers conducted a field survey in the village of Devihasol in Rajapur Taluka in Rajapur Taluka from July to September 2022. The paper says that the survival of Tadpoles depends on a variety of biological and abiotic factors in aquatic habitats, including predation, competition, competition, aquatic permanentness, temperature and human disturbances, and others.

For breeding, frogs need water to continue until eggs hatch and t bones form frogs, which can last for several weeks. Due to the availability of water, the availability of aquatic plants that provide mulch, the availability of algae, and the presence of large predators such as fish, they become the perfect breeding habitat for frogs and can thus be used as a safe forest storage for tworms to achieve this. ”

This research paper is the third output of their field research in Kangkan in 2022. “Our early results come from the same project, which examines how agricultural land use changes affect biodiversity in later plateaus, suggesting the importance of different microhabitats for adult amphibians, especially rock pools,” said Dr.

Since these studies are only about adult animals, the two wanted to study the frog’s t to establish a baseline understanding of the lifespan of the Rox frog larvae. “There are two stages in the life history of most frogs: free-exercising T and adults. For many, the T stage may be an important part of their life cycle, affecting the population of adults. Nevertheless, most of our research usually focuses on adult frogs,” he added. ”

Their earlier research demonstrated the importance of rock pool availability for adult frogs and suggested the recovery or creation of rock pools for amphibian conservation, considering the decrease in fresh rock pool availability due to the rapid conversion of outcrops into orchards.

Mr Naniwadekar said that so far, no other studies have studied the basic ecology of T in the rock ponds of the Lei Plateau. Similarly, in the Indian TT scheme, only limited information available to Linxi River.

The team studied the relative effects of rock pool size, progress of monsoon and abundance of predators on the occurrence and abundance of T bones in the three species of frogs, namely, Jaladhara skips over frogs, narrow frogs in Nilphamari, and common Indian trees that are easily identified in fields and in conventional rock pools.

Mr Naniwadekar said: “We expect the occurrence and abundance of t will be positively correlated with the size of the pool, as larger pools will hold water on non-live days, thus protecting the tar bone from drying; negatively affecting the progression of the monsoon because it is associated with the termination of the monsoon, which causes the termination of the monsoon, which will lead to the potential caused by the degradation and create a higher range with the hike of the traversing.

They monitored 10 fresh rock pools, expanding 1.15 km in the area of ​​Lateretic Plateau at low altitude. Monthly rainfall during the study period ranged from 408.1 mm in September to 639.8 mm in the study area (July).

Since the Indian Institute of Wildlife Research pursued a Master of Wildlife Science from the Institute of Wildlife Academy, Mr. Gissin has been studying T, saying that because the pools have been after the monsoon for a long time after the monsoon, they did not take samples after the monsoon due to direct sunlight exposed. He conducted a night pool survey between 7pm and 10pm to assess the occurrence and abundance of t. “We calculated the t-fishing spiders, crabs and dragonfly larvae of these three species and their potential invertebrate predators.”

Frog’s art TAT promotes biodiversity by affecting ecosystem functions such as leaf waste decomposition, sediment removal and nutrient cycles, which is essential for healthy soil, water and food production. Therefore, they benefit humans by improving plant growth, maintaining water quality and aquatic organisms. Therefore, the protection of rock pools is the site of the feet and other organisms and is critical for ecosystem maintenance, especially in the case of climate change, with predicted rainfall patterns and temperature instability,” explained Mr Jithin.

The researchers say that given the global habitat degradation and land conversion of amphibians, especially agricultural land use changes in rock outcrops, the importance of species-specific t-ecological research is crucial because they can inform species-specific conservation strategies.