1. Beddome's Toad
Beddome's Toad
Malayalam Name: തെക്കൻ ചൊറിത്തവള
Tamil Name:
Family: Buffonidae (True Toads)Order: Anura (Frogs)
DISTRIBUTION:
Endemic to the Southern Western Ghats of India and found in Kerala and Tamil Nadu at elevations of 100–1500 m
STATUS:
Endemic to Western Ghats of India
HABITAT:
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HABIT:
TYPICAL IDENTIFICATION FEATURES
The toad is dark brown as seen from above, with indistinct black spots; its limbs are marbled with carmine; its lower surfaces are marbled with brown and measures 4.4 cm (1.75 in) from snout to ven.
Duttaphrynus beddomii exhibits a crown that lacks bony ridges; its short, projecting snout has an angular canthus rostralis. Its interorbital space is somewhat broader than the upper eyelid. Its tympanum
is very small, and sometimes indistinct.
The species' first finger does
not extend beyond the second; its toes are nearly entirely webbed, with
single subarticular tubercles, two small metatarsal tubercles,
and no tarsal fold.
The tarso-metatarsal articulation reaches to
between the eye and the tip of the snout.
Its upper parts are covered
with rough tubercles; its parotoids ovate, about twice as long as broad,
are rather indistinct.
LIFE CYCLE:
1. Egg:
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2. Tadpole
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