Indirana leptodactyla

Indirana leptodactyla
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Ranixalidae
Genus: Indirana
Species: I. leptodactyla
Binomial name
Indirana leptodactyla
(Boulenger, 1882)

Indirana leptodactyla is a species of frog found in the southern Western Ghats of India.[2] It is a terrestrial frog associated with the leaf-litter of moist tropical semi-evergreen forest; it is not known from modified habitats. It is uncommon and believed to be declining in abundance.[1]

Description

Vomerine teeth in two oblique groups just behind the level of the choanae. A free, pointed papilla on the middle of the tongue. Head moderate, rather depressed; snout blunt, with moderate canthus rostralis; interorbital space as broad as, or a little narrower than, the upper eyelid; tympanum distinct, half the diameter of the eye. lingers moderate, first not extending as far as second; toes one-third or one-fourth webbed; tips of fingers and toes dilated into small but well-developed disks; subarticular tubercles well developed; a small, oval, inner metatarsal tubercle; no tarsal fold. Tibio-tarsal articulation reaching the tip of the snout or beyond. Skin of the back with short longitudinal glandular folds; a fold from the eye to the shoulder. Olive or brownish above, mottled with darker; a more or less distinct subtriangular dark spot betu een the eyes, often limited in front by a light cross band; sometimes a light vertebral band; a black band along the canthus rostralis, and a black temporal spot; limbs cross-barred; beneath, immaculate or spotted with brown, sometimes brown dotted with white. From snout to vent 1.3 inches.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 S.D. Biju, Sushil Dutta (2004). "Indirana leptodactyla". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 1 June 2014.
  2. ↑ Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Indirana leptodactyla (Boulenger, 1882)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 1 June 2014.
  3. ↑ Boulenger, G. A. (1890) Fauna of British India. Reptilia and Batrachia
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