Indirana bhadrai

Indirana bhadrai
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Genus: Indirana
Species:
I. brachytarsus
Binomial name
Indirana brachytarsus
Garg and Biju, 2016

The Bhadra leaping frog (Indirana bhadrai) is a frog. It lives in India in the Western Ghat mountains.[2][3][1]

The adult male frog is about 30.2 mm long from nose to rear end and the adult female frog is about 38.7 mm long. The skin of the frog's back is light brown in color with darker brown marks. There is a gray-brown mark between the eyes. The nose is lighter in color than the back. There is a black-brown mark from the tip of the nose to the eye to the armpit. The eardrum is gray-brown in color. All four legs and the sides of the body are yellow-brown in color. The belly is light gray with dark gray spots.[4]

People have seen this frog in forests that have been cut down and are growing back and near coffee farms. People have seen this frog in the dead leaves on the ground. People have seen this frog 1176 meters above sea level.[1]

Scientists believe this frog hatches out of its egg as a tadpole because other frogs in Indirana do.[1]

Scientists do not know how much danger this frog is in, but there is one protected park in its home: Bhadra Wildlife Sanctuary.[1]

Scientists named the frog bhadrai for the Bhadra Wildlife Sanctuary.[4]

References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2023). "Bhadra Leaping Frog: Indirana bhadrai". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2023: e.T119242835A119242839. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T119242835A119242839.en. Retrieved May 26, 2024.
  2. ↑ Frost, Darrel R. "Indirana bhadrai Garg and Biju, 2016". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved May 26, 2024.
  3. ↑ "Indirana bhadrai Garg and Biju, 2016". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved May 26, 2024.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Garg S; Biju SD (2016). "Molecular and morphological study of leaping frogs (Anura, Ranixalidae) with description of two new species". PLoSOne (Full text). doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0166326. Retrieved May 26, 2024.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link)