Indirana phrynoderma
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Indirana phrynoderma is a species of frog found in the Western Ghats of India.
[edit] Description
Vomerine teeth in two slightly oblique oval croups between the choance. A free, pointed papilla on the middle of the tongue. Head moderate, suout short, rounded, with indistinct canthus rostralis and concave loreal region; nostril equally distant from the eye and the tip of the snout; mterorbital space narrow er than the upper eyelid; tympanum moderately distinct, about two thirds the diameter of the eye. IHngers and toes rather short, the tips dilated into small but well-developed disks; first finger not extending as far as second; toes one-fourth webbed ,* subarticnlar tubercles well developed; a single, small, oval inner metatarsal tubercle; a slight tarsal fold. The tibio-tarsal articulation reaches the tip of the snout. Upper parts covered with strong warts of different sizes and short glandular folds; a strong fold from the eye to the shoulder. Dark greyish broWh above, with obsolete darker spots; limbs with regular cross bars; beneath brown, dotted with whitish.[1] From snout to vent 1.3 inches. Anaimalai Hills.
[edit] References
- ^ Boulenger, G. A. (1890) Fauna of British India. Reptilia and Batrachia
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