Amolops ammachi

Ammachi's cascade frog, Amolops ammachi, is one of three new cascade frogs reported from India by a team led by S. D. Biju of Delhi University, published in 2026 in the Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. It was found in the Jampui Hills of Tripura and is named for Padmini Varkey, a Kerala social worker and philanthropist known as Ammachi. (news summary of the original description).

Amolops are stream-dwelling frogs of hill streams and humid forest in the eastern Himalaya and nearby regions. The species was identified from adults and tadpoles together with DNA evidence. The news account gives no size, colour or elevation detail. (news summary of the original description).