A worldwide community photographing and learning about wildlife
Project Noah Nature School
Polypedates maculatus
These frogs measure about 7 – 8 cm in body length. They are mostly brownish (like the one above), yellowish, greyish, or whitish above, with darker spots or markings, rarely with an hourglass-shaped figure on the back of the head and the front of the back. The loreal and temporal regions are dark; there is a light line on the upper lip. The hind side of the thighs has round, yellow spots, which are usually separated by a dark-brown or purplish network. The skin is smooth above, and granulated on the belly and under the thighs; a fold extends from the eye to the shoulder. Males have internal vocal sacs.
It is widespread throughout Bhutan, India, Nepal, and Sri Lanka, as well as western and southern Bangladesh to Chittagong District; its range might also extend into nearby China and Myanmar. This common and adaptable frog is listed as Least Concern by the IUCN.
Spotted on Mar 20, 2011
Submitted on Mar 4, 2012
3 Comments
Here is an interesting text about frogs in Goa http://lilliandcosta.wordpress.com/2009/...
looks like polypedates sp..should be p.maculatus..
Blends very well.