Euphlyctis hexadactylus

Taxobox
name = Green Pond Frog

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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
subphylum = Vertebrata
classis = Amphibia
ordo = Anura
familia = Ranidae
genus = "Euphlyctis"
species = "E. hexadactylus"
binomial = "Euphlyctis hexadactylus"
binomial_authority = (Lesson, 1834)
synonyms = "Rana hexadactyla"

The Green Pond Frog ("Euphlyctis hexadactylus") is a common species of aquatic frog found in peninsular India and Sri Lanka.

Description

The following description is from Boulenger:

Vomerine teeth in two oblique series extending beyond the hinder edge of the choanae. Head moderate; snout rather pointed; "cauthus rostralis" indistinct; intororbital space much narrower than the upper eyelid; tympanum distinct, as large as the eye. Fingers slender, acutelv pointed, first extending a little beyond Becond; toes webbed to the tips, which are acutely pointed; outer toe strongly fringed; fourth toe not very much longer than third or fifth; subarticular tubercles of fingers and toes very small; inner metatarsal tubercle small, conical; no outer tubercle. When the hind limb is corned forwards along the bodr, the tibio-tarsal articulation reaches the eye. Skin smooth, with more or less distinct rows of pores round the neck, sides, and belly. Brown above; sometimes a light vertebral line : two blackish streaks on the hinder side of the thighs, sometimes indistinct. Young beautifully striped. Male with two external vocal vesicles opening by two slits beneath the angles of the mouth.

References

* Boulenger, G.A. (1890) The Fauna of British India. Reptilia and Batrachia.