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{{Short description|Species of amphibian}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2020}}
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| name = Jog night frog
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| taxon = Nyctibatrachus jog
| authority = [[Sathyabhama Das Biju|Biju]], 2011<ref>Biju, S.D., Van Bocxlaer, I., Mahony, S., Dinesh, K.P., Radhakrishnan, C., Zachariah, A., Giri, V., and Bossuyt, F. (2011). [http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/list/2011/3029.html A taxonomic review of the night frog genus ''Nyctibatrachus'' Boulenger, 1882 in the Western Ghats, India (Anura: Nyctibatrachidae) with description of twelve new species]. ''Zootaxa'' '''3029''': 1–96.</ref>
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The '''Jog night frog''' or '''Jog's night frog''' (''Nyctibatrachus jog'') is one of 12 species of [[nocturnal]] frogs in the genus ''[[Nyctibatrachus]]''.<ref name=New>{{cite web |url= https://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2011/09/new-and-rediscovered-frogs/?pid=2145&viewall=true |title=12 New and 3 Lost Night-Frog Species Discovered in India |last=Mann |first= Adam |work=wired.com |date= 16 September 2011 |accessdate=18 September 2011}}</ref> It is found exclusively in the [[Western Ghats]], [[India]], and both sexes share the responsibility of watching over the eggs.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.deccanherald.com/content/191326/twelve-frog-species-detected-western.html |title=Twelve new frog species detected in Western Ghats |work=deccanherald.com |date= 16 September 2011 |accessdate=18 September 2011}}</ref>

==Description==
''N. jog'' grows to a length of {{convert|32|to|39|mm|abbr=on}}. It is a plump frog, with a wide, short head, and a skin fold from the eye to the shoulder. The fore legs are very short and the hands are large, with broad discs on the finger tips. The hind legs are longer and the feet have partially webbed toes and disc-like toe pads. The colour of the dorsal surface is black with grey markings and the limbs are grey with dark bands. The throat region is reddish-brown and the belly is pale grey. The male has reddish-brown femoral glands on his hind legs and a vocal sac that inflates sidewards.<ref name=AmphibiaWeb>{{cite web |url=http://amphibiaweb.org/cgi/amphib_query?where-genus=Nyctibatrachus&where-species=jog |title=''Nyctibatrachus jog'' |author=Kandys Kim |date=2011-11-17 |publisher=AmphibiaWeb |accessdate=19 October 2012}}</ref>

==Distribution and habitat==
This species is known only from the Western Ghat Mountains in the vicinity of the [[Jog Falls]] on the [[Sharavathi|River Sharavathi]] in [[Karnataka]] State, India, at a height of {{convert|600|m|abbr=on}} above sea level. It lives in seasonal streams or among vegetation close to the streams which swell during the [[monsoon]] season.<ref name=AmphibiaWeb/>

==Reproduction==
Breeding takes place during the monsoon season. The male chooses a suitable spot for egg deposition on a branch, leaf, or steep rock about a metre (yard) above a stream. Here, he calls to attract a female. When she arrives, he grasps her in a vigorous [[amplexus]], but the [[Egg (biology)|eggs]] are not laid until after he dismounts. The female attaches the cluster of eggs to the spot chosen by the male and then departs. The male then stands over the eggs. Over the period of about eight days until the eggs hatch, both parents remain close to the clutch, often straddling it, presumably preventing the eggs from becoming dehydrated and preventing predators from eating them.<ref name=New/><ref name=AmphibiaWeb/> When the [[tadpole]]s emerge from the gelatinous coating of the eggs, they fall into the water below, where they continue their development. They undergo [[metamorphosis]] in about 32 days.<ref name=AmphibiaWeb/>

==References==
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[[Category:Nyctibatrachus]]
[[Category:Endemic fauna of the Western Ghats]]
[[Category:Frogs of India]]
[[Category:Amphibians described in 2011]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Sathyabhama Das Biju]]

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