Micrixalus saxicola

Micrixalus saxicola
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
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Species:	Template:Taxonomy/MicrixalusM. saxicola
Binomial name
Template:Taxonomy/MicrixalusMicrixalus saxicola (Jerdon, 1854)
Synonyms

Micrixalus saxicola (black torrent frog, Malabar tropical frog, Jerdon's olive-brown frog, small torrent frog) is a species of frog in the family Micrixalidae, found in forest streams in the Western Ghats of India.

Description

«Tongue with a free, pointed papilla in the anterior part of the median line. Snout subacuminate, as long as the diameter of the orbit; canthus rostralis angular; loreal region flat, vertical; nostril equally distant from the eye and the tip of the snout; interorbital space as broad as the upper eyelid; tympanum small, hidden. Toes very broadly webbed, the web reaching the disks, which are very large; subarticular tubercles small; a small inner metatarsal tubercle. The hind limb being stretched forwards along the body, the tibio-tarsal articulation reaches the tip of the snout or somewhat beyond. Skin smooth above and beneath: a fold from the eye to the shoulder. Olive-brown above, with more or less distinct darker reticulations; limbs with dark cross bands; throat and breast often marbled with brown. Male with internal vocal sacs, the openings of which are very small.»

• From snout to vent 1-2 inches.
• Habitat: Malabar and Wynaad; on rocks in shady mountain-streams.

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