Kingdom Animalia Order Anura Genus Indirana Higher classification Indirana | Phylum Chordata Family Ranixalidae Scientific name Indirana leptodactyla Rank Species | |
Similar Indirana phrynoderma, Indirana, Amphibians, Frog, Indirana beddomii | ||
Indirana leptodactyla is a species of frog found in the southern Western Ghats of India. It is a terrestrial frog associated with the leaf-litter of moist tropical semi-evergreen forest; it is not known from modified habitats. It is uncommon and believed to be declining in abundance.
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, rather depressed; snout blunt, with moderate canthus rostralis; interorbital space as broad as, or a little narrower than, the upper eyelid; tympanum distinct, half the diameter of the eye. lingers moderate, first not extending as far as second; toes one-third or one-fourth webbed; tips of fingers and toes dilated into small but well-developed disks; subarticular tubercles well developed; a small, oval, inner metatarsal tubercle; no tarsal fold. Tibio-tarsal articulation reaching the tip of the snout or beyond. Skin of the back with short longitudinal glandular folds; a fold from the eye to the shoulder. Olive or brownish above, mottled with darker; a more or less distinct subtriangular dark spot betu een the eyes, often limited in front by a light cross band; sometimes a light vertebral band; a black band along the canthus rostralis, and a black temporal spot; limbs cross-barred; beneath, immaculate or spotted with brown, sometimes brown dotted with white. From snout to vent 1.3 inches.