Fungoid Frog

Taxobox
name = Fungoid Frog
status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
trend = stable


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Amphibia
ordo = Anura
familia = Ranidae
genus = "Hydrophylax"
species = "H. malabaricus"
binomial = "Hydrophylax malabaricus"
binomial_authority = (Tschudi, 1838)
synonyms = "Rana malabarica" Tschudi, 1838Verify source|date=July 2008

The Fungoid Frog ("Hydrophylax malabaricus") is a colourful frog found on the forest floor and lower vegetation in the Western Ghats in south-western India. Although restricted in range, they are of least conservation concern. [Biju et al (2004). Rana malabarica. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 12 May 2006. Database entry includes a range map and justification for why this species is of least concern] Their upperparts vary in colour from brownish-red to bright crimson.

Description

Vomerine teeth in two oval oblique groups between the choanae. Head moderate, depressed; snout moderate, hardly as long as the diameter of the orbit, subacuminate, moderately prominent; loreal region concave; nostril nearer to the end of the snout than to the eye; interorbital space rather narrower than the upper eyelid; tympanum very distinct, nearly as large as the eye. fingers moderate, first extending beyond second; toes rather short, half webbed : tips of fingers and toes swollen; subarticular tubercles very strong; inner metatarsal tubercle oval, blunt; a large rounded tubercle at the base of the fourth toe; no tarsal fold. The tibio-tarsal articulation reaches the tympanum or the eye. Skin finely granulate above; a broad, not very prominent glandular lateral fold; a strong glandular fold from below the eye to the shoulder, followed by one or two glandules. Head and body bright crimson above, blackish brown on the sides; back sometimes with a few small black spots; upper lip, and a series of spots on the flank, white ; limbs blackish brown above, spotted and marbled with pale brown and while; beneath uniform white, or marbled brown and white. [Boulenger, G. A. (1890) The Fauna Of British India: Reptilia and Batrachia]

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