Micrixalus saxicola

Micrixalus saxicola
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Family:	Micrixalidae
Genus:	Micrixalus
Species:	M. saxicola
Binomial name
Micrixalus saxicola (Jerdon, 1854)

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.^[1][2]

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; iuterorbilal apace aa 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. Hale with internal vocal sacs, the openings of which are very small.»^[3]

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

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References

1. Biju, S.D.; Dutta, S.; Bhatta, G. & Adoor, S. (2009). "Micrixalus saxicola". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 25 November 2013.
2. Frost, Darrel R. (2013). "Micrixalus saxicola (Jerdon, 1854)". Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 25 November 2013.
3. Boulenger, G. A. (1890) Fauna of British India: Reptilia and batrachia

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