Experts believe that Karnataka government’s decision to designate the Indian honeybee (Apis cerana, locally known as Tudave Jenu) as the state insect and the Malabar tree toad (Pedostibes tuberculosus) as the state frog, will help in strengthening biodiversity conservation.
Read my detailed interview with Prof. K.V. Gururaja of the Srishti Manipal Institute of Art, Design and Technology, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Bengaluru.
Prof. Gururaja first proposed to the Karnataka Government that the Malabar tree toad be designated as the state’s official frog.
And interview with Professor Renee M. Borges, the Centre for Ecological Sciences (CES), Indian Institute of Science (IISc).
https://www.etvbharat.com/en/state/karnataka-state-symbol-tag-for-honeybee-malabar-tree-toad-to-boost-conservation-experts-enn26060802580
