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Vinodh Venugopal (India) finds a clutch of bush frog eggs nestled among the moss growing on an old tree.

Vinodh was visiting Agumbe in the Western Ghats during the monsoon season.

It would have been easy to miss these tiny bush frog eggs nestled among the thick moss growing on an old tree. By illuminating them from behind with a hand-held torch, Vinodh revealed the developing frogs curled within.

Bush frogs don’t hatch until they have become fully formed froglets. This means they don’t need standing water to reproduce. The geology, ecology and climate of this mountainous region means it hosts a remarkable diversity of bush frogs – at least 55 species are known there.