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List of Common Frogs and Toads Found at Gurukula Botanical Sanctuary. Toads Bufo Melanostictus Frogs Species Preferred Habitat A

List of Common Frogs and Toads found at Gurukula Botanical Sanctuary. Toads Species Preferred Habitat at GBS Notes Common Indian Toad Garden Uncommon. Terrestrial. 60mm Bufo melanostictus in length (but can be larger). Nocturnal. Hides in cool dark crannies during day. Brown-grey with reddish patches in colour and skin has many black spine- tipped warts. Frogs Species Preferred Habitat at GBS Notes Common Tree Frog Trees in Garden Common. Arboreal. Polypedates maculatus Brown-yellow frog, with yellow spots on back on thighs. 50-80mm in length. Seen often at night near ponds at breeding time. Malabar Gliding Frog Trees in Garden Common. Arboreal. Green Rhacophorus malabaricus above and whitish under, with red webbing between toes. 67-78mm in length. Seen often at night near ponds at breeding time. Beddome’s Frog Garden Uncommon. Terrestrial. Up Indirana beddomii to 50mm in Indian Cricket Frog Garden Common. Terrestrial. Limnonectes limnocharis Brown with darker markings and warty, sometimes with cream vertebral stripe. 35mm in length. Seen on paths in lower garden. Good jumper! Bicoloured Frog Everywhere, Old forest Most common frog here. Rana curtipes Terrestrial. Pinkish, dead- leaf colour with black spots above and black below. 50mm in length. Mostly seen in leaf-litter. Sluggish movements. Bronze Frog Garden, Crenita ponds Common. Semi-aquatic. Rana temporalis 50-80mm in length. Light- brown above, cream below, and limbs with dark cross bands. NB: Due to inadequate literature available on amphibians these are the only frogs we have been able to identify, though there are several remaining species to be correctly identified. References: Daniel, J.C.; 2002; ‘The Book of Indian Reptiles and Amphibians’; BNHS & Oxford University Press, UK.

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