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Malabar Gliding Frog

Rhacophorus malabaricus

Description:

The Malabar Gliding Frog is a very beautiful species, endemic to the Western Ghats in India. The term "gliding" frog refers to its ability to break its fall by stretching the webbing between its toes when making leaps down from the treetops.

Habitat:

Photographed this frog on a rainy night in the semi-evergreen forests of Agumbe, at the Western Ghats in India

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Radha
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Radha

Karnataka, India

Spotted on Jul 21, 2012
Submitted on Aug 1, 2013

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