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| image =Uperodon anamalaiensis frog (2011) 1745.jpg<br />
| status = DD | status_system = IUCN3.1<br />
| status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 20 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=Biju, S.D. |author2=Dasaramji Buddhe, G. |author3=Dutta, S. |author4=Vasudevan, K. |author5=Srinivasulu, C. |date=2016 |title=''Uperodon anamalaiensis'' |volume=2016 |article-number=e.T57984A91600298 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T57984A91600298.en |access-date=20 November 2021}}</ref><br />
| taxon = Uperodon anamalaiensis<br />
| authority = ([[C. R. Narayan Rao|Rao]], 1937)<br />
| synonyms = {{species list<br />
| Ramanella anamalaiensis | Rao, 1937<br />
| Ramanella minor | Rao, 1937<br />
| Uperodon minor | (Rao, 1937) }}<br />
| synonyms_ref = <ref name=Frost/><br />
}}<br />
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'''''Uperodon anamalaiensis''''', also known as '''Anamalai dot frog''', '''Anamalai ramanella''', or '''reddish-brown microhylid frog''', is a species of narrow-mouthed frog (family [[Microhylidae]]) found in [[South India]]. The [[holotype]] was discovered at the base of the [[Anaimalai Hills]], [[Coimbatore]] district in the southern [[Western Ghats]].<ref name=Frost/> The holotype is missing and the status of the species was uncertain till 2010. Until rediscovered in the [[Parambikulam Wildlife Sanctuary]] in 2010, this frog was reported only once by [[C. R. Narayan Rao]] in 1937.<br />
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==Description==<br />
Multiple populations of this species were located by S.P. Vijayakumar, Anil Zachariah, David Raju, Sachin Rai and S.D. Biju in different habitats within Parambikulam Tiger Reserve in [[Kerala]] and [[Tamil Nadu]]. This frog exhibits a light to dark-brown dorsum with two yellow lines and scattered yellow spots. The underside of the body is brown with scattered white spots, giving it the common name 'Anamalai dot frog'. This frog calls loudly during the monsoon season. It hides under stones and logs on the forest floor or within tree holes during the rest of the year.<ref><br />
{{citation<br />
|url=http://www.lostspeciesindia.org/LAI2/new2_rediscovered.php<br />
|title=Anamalai Dot-Frog Ramanella anamalaiensis<br />
|author1=Vijayakumar SP |author2=Zachariah, Anil<br />
|name-list-style=amp |work=Lost Amphibians of India<br />
|publisher=University of Delhi<br />
|date=2011-02-19<br />
|place=Delhi<br />
|access-date=2011-02-18<br />
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110223184903/http://www.lostspeciesindia.org/LAI2/new2_rediscovered.php<br />
|archive-date=2011-02-23<br />
}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist|refs=<br />
<ref name=Frost>{{cite web |url=http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/Amphibia/Anura/Microhylidae/Microhylinae/Uperodon/Uperodon-anamalaiensis |title=''Uperodon anamalaiensis'' (Rao, 1937) |author=Frost, Darrel R. |year=2019 |work=Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0 |publisher=American Museum of Natural History |access-date=1 July 2019}}</ref><br />
}}<br />
* Biju, S.D. 2001. A synopsis to the frog fauna of the Western Ghats, India. Occasional Publication 1. ISCB. 1-24.<br />
* Dutta, S.K. 1997. Amphibians of India and Sri Lanka. Odyssey Publishing House. Bhubaneswar.<br />
* Rao, C.R.N. 1937. On some new forms of Batrachia from south India. Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences. 6(6):387-427.<br />
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==External sources==<br />
*[http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.arkive.org/media/02/020FDF7B-C2A8-4105-9879-BA35D06A65EF/Presentation.Large/Ramanella-anamalaiensis-on-leaf.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.arkive.org/ramanella/ramanella-anamalaiensis/&usg=__YdTwFUabrpvrVvcLrxty4arxo58=&h=405&w=650&sz=77&hl=en&start=1&sig2=sNL_kArAKPUPIEtRepIDtw&zoom=1&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=AEfj5EDVjC0uWM:&tbnh=85&tbnw=137&prev=/images%3Fq%3DRamanella%2Banamalaiensis%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dsafari%26sa%3DN%26rls%3Den%26tbs%3Disch:1&ei=9vxeTeOwJMSt8Abh4sntCw Photos of Ramanella anamalaiensis]<br />
*Rediscovery of five lost frogs from India (manuscript in preparation)<br />
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[[Category:Uperodon|anamalaiensis]]<br />
[[Category:Frogs of India]]<br />
[[Category:Endemic fauna of the Western Ghats]]<br />
[[Category:Endemic amphibians of India]]<br />
[[Category:Taxa named by C. R. Narayan Rao]]<br />
[[Category:Amphibians described in 1937]]</div>AngleaDeason621