List of amphibians of Kerala

This is a list of amphibian species found in the Kerala, India.

Order: Anura (Frogs)
Duttaphrynus beddomii (Beddome's toad)
  • Dorsal view
  • Lateral view
  • Lateral view
Duttaphrynus melanostictus (common Asian toad)
  • Dorsal view
  • Lateral view
  • Lateral view
Duttaphrynus microtympanum (southern hill toad)
  • Dorsal view
  • Lateral view
Duttaphrynus parietalis (Indian toad)
  • Dorsal view
  • Lateral view
  • Mating
Duttaphrynus scaber (Ferguson's toad)
  • Dorsal view
  • Lateral view
  • Calling
Ghatophryne ornata (Malabar torrent toad)
  • Dorsal view
  • Dorsal view
  • Lateral view
  • Front view
Ghatophryne rubigina (Kerala stream toad)
  • Lateral view
  • Front view
Pedostibes tuberculosus (Malabar tree toad)
  • Dorsal view
  • Lateral view
  • Calling
  • Calling
Euphlyctis cyanophlyctis (skittering frog)
  • Dorsal view
  • Lateral view
Euphlyctis hexadactylus (green pond frog)
  • Dorsal view
  • Lateral view
Hoplobatrachus crassus (Jerdon's bullfrog)
  • Dorsal view
  • Lateral view
  • Lateral view
Hoplobatrachus tigerinus (Indian bullfrog)
  • Dorsal view
  • Lateral view
Minervarya sahyadris (Minervarya frog)
  • Lateral view
  • Front view
Sphaerotheca breviceps (Indian burrowing frog)
  • Lateral view
  • Front view
Zakerana keralensis (Kerala warty frog)
  • Dorsal view
  • Lateral view
Zakerana rufescens (Malabar wart frog)
  • Lateral view
Micrixalus adonis
  • Lateral view
Micrixalus elegans (elegant dancing frog)
  • Lateral view
Micrixalus fuscus (dusky torrent frog)
  • Illustration
  • Lateral view
Micrixalus gadgili (Gadgil's torrent frog)
  • lateral view
Micrixalus nelliyampathi (Nelliyampathi torrent frog)
  • Lateral view
  • Lateral view
Micrixalus phyllophilus (pink-thighed torrent frog)
  • Lateral view
  • Lateral view
Micrixalus saxicola (Malabar torrent frog)
  • Dorsal view
  • Lateral view
Micrixalus thampii (Thampi's torrent frog)
  • Lateral view
Melanobatrachus indicus (black microhylid frog)
  • Lateral view
  • Lateral view
Microhyla ornata (ornate narrow-mouthed frog)
  • Lateral view
  • Lateral view
Microhyla rubra (reddish narrow-mouthed frog)
  • Lateral view
  • Lateral view
Microhyla sholigari (Sholigari Microhylid frog)
  • Dorsal view
  • Front view
Mysticellus franki (Franky's narrow-mouthed frog)
Uperodon anamalaiensis (Anamalai dot/balloon frog)
  • Lateral view
Uperodon globulosus (Indian balloon frog)
  • Illustration
  • Lateral view
  • Front view
Uperodon montanus (Jerdon's balloon frog)
  • Lateral view
  • Lateral view
Uperodon systoma (marbled balloon frog)
  • Illustration
  • Lateral view
  • Front view
Uperodon taprobanica (painted frog)
  • Lateral view
Uperodon triangularis (Malabar frog)
  • Illustration
  • Dorsal view
  • Lateral view
  • Lateral view
Uperodon variegata (Variegated frog)
  • Dorsal view
  • Lateral view
Nasikabatrachus sahyadrensis (purple frog)
  • Lateral view
  • Lateral view
  • Front view
  • Mating
Nyctibatrachus beddomii (Beddome's night frog)
  • Lateral view
  • Lateral view
  • Lateral view
Nyctibatrachus deccanensis (Deccan night frog)
  • Illustration
  • Lateral view
  • Ventral view
Nyctibatrachus grandis (Grandi's night frog)
  • Lateral view
  • Lateral view
Nyctibatrachus kempholeyensis (Kempholey night frog)
  • Lateral view
  • Tadpole
Nyctibatrachus major (Malabar night frog)
  • Illustration
  • Lateral view
Nyctibatrachus minimus (miniature night frog)
  • Lateral view
  • Lateral view
Nyctibatrachus minor (Kerala night frog)
  • Lateral view
Clinotarsus curtipes (bicolored frog)
  • Dorsal view
  • Lateral view
  • Front view
Hydrophylax malabaricus (fungoid frog)
  • Dorsal view
  • Lateral view
  • Lateral view
Indosylvirana aurantiaca (Boulenger's golden backed frog)
  • Dorsal view
  • Lateral view
  • Mating
Indosylvirana magna (large golden backed frog)
  • Lateral view
Indosylvirana sreeni (Sreeni's golden backed frog)
  • Lateral view
Indosylvirana urbis (urban golden backed frog)
  • Lateral view
  • Front view
Indirana beddomii (Beddome's leaping frog)
  • Illustration
  • Dorsal view
Indirana diplosticta (spotted leaping frog)
  • Illustration
  • Dorsal view
  • Lateral view
  • Front view
Indirana phrynoderma (toad skinned leaping frog)
  • Lateral view
Indirana semipalmata (toad skinned leaping frog)
  • Illustration
  • Lateral view
  • Lateral view
  • Tadpole
Beddomixalus bijui (Kadalar swamp frog)
  • Lateral view
  • Lateral view
Ghatixalus asterops (Ghat tree frog)
  • Lateral view
Ghatixalus variabilis (green tree frog)
  • Lateral view
Mercurana myristicapalustris (Myristica swamp frog)
  • Lateral view
  • Front view
Polypedates maculatus (Indian tree frog)
  • Illustration
  • Dorsal view
  • Lateral view
Polypedates occidentalis (western/charpa tree frog)
  • Lateral view
  • Lateral view
Polypedates pseudocruciger (false hour-glass tree frog)
  • Dorsal view
  • Front view
Pseudophilautus kani (kani bush frog)
  • Dorsal view
  • Lateral view
Pseudophilautus wynaadensis (Waynad bush frog)
  • Dorsal view
  • Lateral view
  • Calling
Raorchestes akroparallagi (variable bush frog)
  • Dorsal view
  • Lateral view
  • Calling
Raorchestes anili (Anil's bush frog)
  • Dorsal view
  • Calling
  • Mating
Raorchestes beddomii (Beddome's bush frog)
  • Illustration
  • Calling
Raorchestes bobingeri (Bob Inger's bush frog)
  • Front view
Raorchestes chalazodes (chalazodes bubble-nest frog)
  • Illustration
  • Lateral view
  • Front view
Raorchestes charius (Seshachar's bush frog)
  • Lateral view
Raorchestes chlorosomma (green-eyed bush frog)
  • Lateral view
Raorchestes chotta (small bush frog)
  • Lateral view
Raorchestes chromasynchysi (confusing green bush frog)
  • Lateral view
Raorchestes crustai (bark bush frog)
  • Lateral view
  • Female
  • Calling
  • Mating
Raorchestes dubois (Kodaikanal bush frog)
  • Dorsal view
  • Lateral view
  • Lateral view
Raorchestes flaviventris (yellow-bellied bush frog)
  • Illustration
  • Lateral view
Raorchestes glandulosus (glandular bush frog)
  • Lateral view
Raorchestes graminirupes (Ponmudi bush frog)
  • Calling
Raorchestes jayarami (Jayaram's bush frog)
  • Calling
Raorchestes johnceei (Johnceei's bush frog)
  • Dorsal view
Raorchestes kakachi (Kakachi bush frog)
  • lateral view
  • lateral view
Raorchestes manohari (beautiful reed bush frog)
  • Lateral view
Raorchestes marki (Mark's bush frog)
  • Lateral view
Raorchestes munnarensis (Munnar bush frog)
  • Lateral view
Raorchestes nerostagona (Kalpetta yellow bush frog)
  • Dorsal view
  • Lateral view
Raorchestes ochlandrae (ochlandrae reed bush frog)
  • Lateral view
  • Front view
Raorchestes ponmudi (large Ponmudi bush frog)
  • Dorsal view
  • Lateral view
  • Front view
  • Calling
Raorchestes ravii (Ravi's bush frog)
  • Lateral view
Raorchestes resplendens (resplendent shrub frog)
  • Dorsal view
  • Lateral view
  • Front view
Raorchestes signatus (star-eyed bush frog)
  • Illustration
  • Lateral view
  • Front view
  • Ventral view
Raorchestes sushili (Sushil's bush frog)
  • Dorsal view
Raorchestes tinniens (Nilgiri bush frog)
  • Illustration
  • Dorsal view
Raorchestes travancoricus (Travancore bush frog)
  • Lateral view
Raorchestes tuberohumerus (Kudremukh bush frog)
  • Dorsal view
  • Lateral view
  • Front view
Raorchestes uthamani (Uthaman's reed bush frog)
  • Lateral view
Rhacophorus calcadensis (Kalakad gliding frog)
  • Dorsal view
  • Lateral view
  • Front view
Rhacophorus lateralis (small tree frog)
  • Dorsal view
  • Lateral view (male)
  • Lateral view (female)
  • Front view
Rhacophorus malabaricus (Malabar gliding frog)
  • Dorsal view
  • Ventral view
  • Lateral view
  • Calling
  • Front view
  • Mating
Rhacophorus pseudomalabaricus (false Malabar gliding frog)
  • Dorsal view
  • Lateral view
  • Front view

Order: Gymnophiona (Caecilians)
Ichthyophis beddomei (yellow-striped caecilian)
Ichthyophis bombayensis (Bombay caecilian)
  • Head
Ichthyophis longicephalus (long-headed caecilian)
Uraeotyphlus interruptus (Chengalam caecilian)
Uraeotyphlus menoni (Kerala caecilian, Menon's caecilian)
Uraeotyphlus narayani (Narayan's caecilian)
Uraeotyphlus oxyurus (red caecilian)

References
  • A checklist of amphibians of Kerala, India by Sandeep Das
  • A survey of the Amphibian Fauna of Kerala- Distribution and Status, Zoos’ Print Journal 20(1) 1723–1735 by M.I. Andrews, Sanil George and Jaimon Joseph (2005)
  • Common Amphibians of Kerala: Frogs and Toads – PS Sivaprasad

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