Micrixalus
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Micrixalus is a genus of true frog
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True frog
The true frogs, family Ranidae, have the widest distribution of any frog family. They are abundant throughout most of the world, occurring on most continents except Antarctica...
s from tropical Asia. They are mostly found in riverine habitats in rocks and vegetation amid small forest streams. They are sometimes known by the ambiguous common name "torrent frog
Torrent frog
Torrent frogs are a number of unrelated frogs that prefer to inhabit small rapid-flowing mountain or hill streams with a lot of torrents. They are generally smallish neobatrachians with a greyish-brown and usually darkly mottled back, giving them excellent camouflage among wet rocks overgrown with...
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Species
- Micrixalus elegansMicrixalus elegansMicrixalus elegans is a species of frog in the Ranidae family.It is endemic to India.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and rivers.-References:* Biju, S.D. 2004. . Downloaded on 23 July 2007....
(Rao, 1937). - Micrixalus fuscusMicrixalus fuscusThe Dusky torrent frog is a species of small frog found in dense forested hill streams in the Western Ghats of India.-Description:Description from G. A...
(Boulenger, 1882). - Micrixalus gadgiliMicrixalus gadgiliMicrixalus gadgili is a species of frog in the Ranidae family.It is endemic to India.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and rivers.It is threatened by habitat loss.-References:...
Pillai & Pattabiraman, 1990. - Micrixalus kottigeharensisMicrixalus kottigeharensisMicrixalus kottigeharensis is a species of frog in the Ranidae family.It is endemic to India.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and rivers.It is threatened by habitat loss....
(Rao, 1937). - Micrixalus narainensisMicrixalus narainensisMicrixalus narainensis is a species of frog in the Ranidae family.It is endemic to India.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montanes, and rivers.-References:...
(Rao, 1937). - Micrixalus nudisMicrixalus nudisMicrixalus nudis is a species of frog in the Ranidae family.It is endemic to India.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and rivers.It is threatened by habitat loss.-References:...
Pillai, 1978. - Micrixalus phyllophilusMicrixalus phyllophilusMicrixalus phyllophilus is a species of frog in the Ranidae family.It is endemic to India.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montanes, and rivers.It is threatened by habitat loss....
(Jerdon, 1854). - Micrixalus saxicolaMicrixalus saxicolaThe Black torrent frog is a small frog species found in forest streams in the Western Ghats of India.-Description:Tongue with a free, pointed papilla in the anterior part of the median line...
(Jerdon, 1854). - Micrixalus silvaticusMicrixalus silvaticusMicrixalus silvaticus is a species of frog in the Ranidae family.It is endemic to India.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montanes, and rivers.-References:...
(Boulenger, 1882). - Micrixalus swamianusMicrixalus swamianusMicrixalus swamianus is a species of frog in the Ranidae family.It is endemic to India.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.-References:* Biju, S.D., Dutta, S. & Inger, R. 2004. . Downloaded on 23 July 2007....
(Rao, 1937). - Micrixalus thampiiMicrixalus thampiiMicrixalus thampii is a species of frog in the Ranidae family.It is endemic to India.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and rivers.-References:...
Pillai, 1981.