Indirana gundia

Indirana gundia is a small frog, 23-38 mm in total length, known only from its type locality, Kempholey in Karnataka, in the Western Ghats. It is terrestrial and lives among rocks and leaf litter on the floor of tropical forest. It belongs to a family that has been evolving independently in India for almost 50 million years, and is listed among the Top 100 EDGE amphibians (Wikipedia, general species account).

The colour of the back is variable, from brown to yellowish via golden, cream, pinkish and reddish hues, probably camouflaging it against decaying leaves, and the mouth is wide with a whitish or yellowish buccal cavity. The frog lays eggs on wet rocks. Its tadpoles are not fully aquatic: they move across wet rocks and moss using the tail and hind legs, which develop earlier than in other tadpoles (Wikipedia, general species account).