Indirana leithii
Leith's leaping frog Indirana leithii | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Anura |
Family: | Ranixalidae |
Genus: | Indirana |
Species: | I. leithii |
Binomial name | |
Indirana leithii (Boulenger, 1888) | |
Leith's leaping frog or Matheran Indian frog (Indirana leithii) is a species of frog found in the Western Ghats of India.[2]
Indirana leithii is a terrestrial species associated with leaf-litter of moist, tropical, semi-evergreen forest, including degraded forests.[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; snout obtuse, with obtuse canthus rostralis and concM e loreal region; nostril nearer to the end of the snout than to the eye; interorbital space a little narrower than the upper eyelid• tympanum distinct, two thirds the diameter of the eye. Fingers moderate, first not extending quite as for as second; toes two-thirds webbed, the web reaching the disks of the third and fifth toes; tips of fingers and toes dilated into small but well-developed disks; subarticular tubercles moderate; a single, small, oval inner metatarsal tubercle; no tarsal fold. The tibio-tarsal articulation reaches halfway between the eye and the end of the snout. Skin of back with small scattered longitudinal warts; a strong fold from the eye to the shoulder. Brown above, with small dark spots; limbs with dark transverse bands; lower parts white, throat mottled with brown. From snout to vent 1.25 inches.[3]
References
- 1 2 S.D. Biju; Sushil Dutta; Anand Padhye; Robert Inger (2004). "Indirana leithii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 1 June 2014.
- ↑ Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Indirana leithii (Boulenger, 1888)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 1 June 2014.
- ↑ Boulenger, G. A. (1890) Fauna of British India. Reptilia and Batrachia
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