Micrixalus saxicola

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iBlack torrent frog
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Class: Amphibia Order: Anura Family: Ranidae Genus: Micrixalus Species: M. saxicola
Binomial name
Micrixalus saxicola

The Black torrent frog (Micrixalus saxicola) is a small frog species found in forest streams in the Western Ghats of India.

[edit] Description

Description from Boulenger, G. A. (1890) Fauna of British India: Reptilia and batrachia:

Tongue with a free, pointed papilla in the anterior part of the median line. Snout subacuminate, as long as the diameter of the orbit; canthus rostralis angular; loreal region flat, vertical; nostril equally distant from the eye and the tip of the snout; iuterorbilal apace aa broad as the upper eyelid; tympanum small, hidden. Toes very broadly webbed, the web reaching the disks, which are very large; subarticular tubercles small; a small inner metatarsal tubercle. The hind limb being stretched forwards along the body, the tibio-tarsal articulation reaches the tip of the snout or somewhat beyond. Skin smooth above and beneath: a fold from the eye to the shoulder. Olive-brown above, with more or less distinct darker reticulations; limbs with dark cross bands; throat and breast often marbled with brown. Hale with internal vocal sacs, the openings of which are very small.

• From snout to vent 1-2 inches.
• Habitat: Malabar and Wynaad; on rocks in shady mountain-streams.