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Nyctibatrachus beddomii
True Frogs, Night Frogs & Allies
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Nyctibatrachus beddomii
Basic stats
Habitat
Leaf litter, under rocks and logs in evergreen, semi-evergreen moist and deciduous forest; swampy and shallow waterlogged areas along forest streams
Range
Endemic to the southern Western Ghats
Size
13-18mm
Nyctibatrachus beddomii, Beddome's night frog, is also known as the pigmy wrinkled frog, Beddome's dwarf wrinkled frog and Tirunelveli's hill frog. It is endemic to the southern Western Ghats, and adults reach 13-18 mm in length (Wikipedia, general species account).
It is a semi-terrestrial frog found in leaf litter and also under rocks and logs in evergreen and semi-evergreen moist and deciduous forests. It is commonly seen in swampy and shallow waterlogged areas along forest streams, and its call is a faint tink-tink repeated several times, largely at night (Wikipedia, general species account).
Quick answers
- What habitat does the Nyctibatrachus beddomii live in?
- Leaf litter, under rocks and logs in evergreen, semi-evergreen moist and deciduous forest; swampy and shallow waterlogged areas along forest streams
- Where is the Nyctibatrachus beddomii found?
- Endemic to the southern Western Ghats
- How big is the Nyctibatrachus beddomii?
- 13-18mm