Indirana chiravasi

Indirana chiravasi (common name: Amboli leaping frog) is a species of frog endemic to the Western Ghats of India. It is only known from its type locality, the laterite plateaus by the hill-station of Amboli, Maharashtra.[2][3] It was described in 2014 by a team of three scientists from IISER, Pune and MES Abasaheb Garware College.[3]

Indirana chiravasi is only known from Amboli, Maharashtra.

Amboli leaping frog
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Ranixalidae
Genus: Indirana
Species:
I. chiravasi
Binomial name
Indirana chiravasi
Padhye, Modak, and Dahanukar, 2014[1]

Description

Males measure 25–27 mm (0.98–1.06 in) and females 32–39 mm (1.3–1.5 in) in snout–vent length. The skin is smooth except on the sides that are granular; there are few longitudinal folds on dorsal side. Dorsal colour is olive brown with scattered yellow markings and, in males only, densely organized black spots comprising a W-shaped marking. There is a black strip running from tip of snout to shoulder through eye and tympanum. The fingers are unwebbed whereas the toes are moderately webbed.[1]

Habitat

Indirana chiravasi inhabit lateritic rocky outcrops and occur in a variety of microhabitats. They are often found in the crevices of the laterite boulders; males are mostly seen while calling from the wet rocks or moss-covered boulders. Females have been found under a log in the forest and from under a roadside stone. The tadpoles are terrestrial and have been observed feeding on algal matter on wet boulders.[1]

References
  1. Padhye, A. D.; Modak, N.; Dahanukar, N. (2014). "Indirana chiravasi, a new species of Leaping Frog (Anura: Ranixalidae) from Western Ghats of India". Journal of Threatened Taxa. 6 (10): 6293. doi:10.11609/JoTT.o4068.6293-312.
  2. Frost, Darrel R. (2016). "Indirana chiravasi Padhye, Modak, and Dahanukar, 2014". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  3. "Pune scientists find new frog species near Amboli". Times of India. 1 October 2014. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
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