Leiths leaping frog

Indirana leithii

Leith's leaping frog or Matheran Indian frog is a species of frog found in the Western Ghats of India. ''Indirana leithii'' is a terrestrial species associated with leaf-litter of moist, tropical, semi-evergreen forest, including degraded forests.
Fight for food! Froglets of Matheran Leaping frog are so hungry that all the forest floor was filled with these hungry amphibians catching and fighting for the earthworms and other insects.
So the name Matheran is actually the type location of the species meaning from where the species was described. It is a beautifull hill at an elevation of 800m and hosts variety of herpetofaunal elements along with lovely insect diversity. During monsoon, the forest floor of Matheran is full of these frogs. Abhijeet Jagtap,Abhijeet Ramesh Jagtap,Fall,Geotagged,Incredible India,IncredibleIndia,India,Indirana leithii,Leaping Frog,Leiths leaping frog,Maharashtra,Matheran,Raigad,Wild India,Wild Maharashtra,abhitap,abhitap1991

Appearance

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.

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Status: Vulnerable
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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionChordata
ClassAmphibia
OrderAnura
FamilyRanixalidae
GenusIndirana
SpeciesI. leithii
Photographed in
India