 Three new species of frogs; "Philautus luteolus", "Philautus tuberohumerus" and "Nyctibatrachus petraeus" have been discovered in Karnataka.Explorations in the Sharavathi river have yielded new fish species like "Batasio sharavatiensis" (a bagrid catfish), "Schistura nagodiensis" and "Schistura sharavathiensis".Another fish species, "Puntius coorgensis"
has been discovered near Bhagamandala in the Kaveri river.