Peep Showsĭas-whose nickname is 'the frogman of India'-has spent several years observing the unusual behaviors of Bombay night frogs in the Western Ghats, a biologically rich mountain range that runs down the western side of India.įor example, females make mating calls and males fight over territory, he says-unique traits that inspired him to study these frogs’ mating habits. (Related: “ Weird Purple Frog Seduces Females From Underground.”) “It creates a new chapter in the frog Kama Sutra,” he says. University of Evansville herpetologist Noah Gordon calls the new discovery a very “nontraditional” mating position. (See ' Wild Romance: Weird Animal Courtship and Mating Rituals.') It’s like watching a scripted event,” he said in an email. 'It has been a wonderful experience to observe the entire breeding sequence of this unique frog. “So far, this mating position, is known only in Bombay night frogs,' says study leader Sathyabhama Das Biju, a biologist at the University of Delhi.