Micrixalus fuscus

Micrixalus fuscus
Conservation status

Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Micrixalidae
Genus: Micrixalus
Species: M. fuscus
Binomial name
Micrixalus fuscus
(Boulenger, 1882)

The dusky torrent frog or brown tropical frog (Micrixalus fuscus) is a species of small frog found in dense forested hill streams in the Western Ghats of India.[1][2] M. herrei was formerly synonymized within this species.[3][4]

Description

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

Snout pointed, prominent, generally longer than the orbital diameter; canthus rostralis angular: loreal region flat, vertical; nostril halfway between the eye and the tip of the snont; interorbital space as broad as the upper eyelid; tympanum small, indistinct. Toes nearly entirely webbed; disks moderate; subarticular tubercles small; a small inner metatarsal tubercle. The tibio-tarsal articulation reaches between the eye and the tip of the snout. Skin smooth above and beneath; a narrow glandular lateral fold; a fold from the eye to the shoulder. Brown or pinkish above; sides of head and body generally darker; limbs with dark cross bands; hinder side of thighs dark brown, with a more or less accentuated light median stripe; whitish beneath, marbled with brown. Male with two internal vocal sacs, the openings of which are very small. From snout to vent 1.2 inches.
Habitat: Forests North Canara to Travancore and Tinnevelly.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 S.D. Biju, Sushil Dutta, Karthikeyan Vasudevan, S.P. Vijayakumar, M.S. Ravichandran (2004). "Micrixalus fuscus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 25 November 2013.
  2. ↑ Frost, Darrel R. (2013). "Micrixalus fuscus (Boulenger, 1882)". Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 25 November 2013.
  3. ↑ Inger, R. F.; H. B. Shaffer; M. Koshy; R. Bakde (1984). "A report on a collection of amphibians and reptiles from the Ponmudi, Kerala, South India". Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 81: 406–427. 81: 406–427.
  4. ↑ Biju, S. D.; Sonali Garg, K. V. Gururaja, Yogesh Shouche and Sandeep A. Walujkar (May 2014). "DNA barcoding reveals unprecedented diversity in Dancing Frogs of India (Micrixalidae, Micrixalus): a taxonomic revision with description of 14 new species". Ceylon Journal of Science (Bio. Sci.) 43 (1): 1–87. doi:10.4038/cjsbs.v43i1.6850.