Bompu

Bompu is the name of a new frog species with blue eyes, which has been discovered in Eagle Nest Wildlife sanctuary of Arunachal Pradesh in 2011. The discovery was a part of Eagle Nest Biodiversity Project. Bompu is native to the forest streams at an altitude of 2000 metres and lives under leaf litter and rotting logs, in various localities in the state. The frog belongs to the family Megophrydae and the genus Leptobrachium. Its scientific name is Leptobrachium bompu. Only 28 members of this genus are known worldwide, and most of them are found in Myanmar, Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam and China. Only two other members of the genus are known from India, which makes the discovery significant. The Eagle Nest Wildlife Sanctuary has been the ground for discovery of several species. In 2006, Ramana Athreya had also described Bugun Liochchla, the first new bird species to be described from mainland India in 50 years.