- Indirana leithii
Taxobox
name = Leith's leaping frog
status = VU | status_system = IUCN3.1
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regnum =Animal ia
phylum = Chordata
subphylum = Vertebrata
classis =Amphibia
ordo =Anura
familia =Petropedetidae
genus =Indirana
species = "I. leithii"
binomial = "Indirana leithii"Leith's Leaping Frog ("Indirana leithii") is a species of
frog found in theWestern Ghats of India.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; snout obtuse, with obtuse canthus rostralis and concM e loreal region; nostril nearer to the end of the snout than to the eye; interorbital space a little narrower than the upper eyelid• tympanum distinct, two thirds the diameter of the eye. Fingers moderate, first not extending quite as for as second; toes two-thirds webbed, the web reaching the disks of the third and fifth toes; tips of fingers and toes dilated into small but well-developed disks; subarticular tubercles moderate; a single, small, oval inner metatarsal tubercle; no tarsal fold. The tibio-tarsal articulation reaches halfway between the eye and the end of the snout. Skin of back with small scattered longitudinal warts; a strong fold from the eye to the shoulder. Brown above, with small dark spots; limbs with dark transverse bands; lower parts white, throat mottled with brown.From snout to vent 1.25 inches. [Boulenger, G. A. (1890) Fauna of British India. Reptilia and Batrachia]
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