babur and the skittering frog
Its unique habit of skittering on the water surface was first recorded by the Mughal Emperor Babur (1483-1530) in his autobiography. This is the skittering frog, also known as the Indian skipper frog, a...
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of velvet mites and ludwigia sediodes
We have a fish pond at home, and several aquatic plants in it. Two of these are introduced in this article, azolla (on the left) and ludwigia sediodes, a mosaic plant (on the right).
the tire track eel
Spiny eels are not eels, but elongated fresh water fishes with eel-like bodies and numerous spines preceding the dorsal fin. Very often they stay under the mud substratum, and are mostly nocturnal. These are images of a Tire track...
