Pseudophilautus amboli

The Amboli bush frog, Pseudophilautus amboli, is a rare shrub frog endemic to the Western Ghats. It is found at Amboli (the type locality) and Amba in Maharashtra, and at Castle Rock, Londa, Jog Falls-Mavingundi and Kudremukh-Malleshwaram in Karnataka. In Amboli it was found in extremely disturbed areas close to evergreen forest patches, though it is not known whether it occurs in primary evergreen forest (Wikipedia, general species account).

Small, though medium-sized to large among its relatives, the frog measures 34 mm in snout-vent length in males and up to 37.5 mm in females. The body is rather robust and the finger-tip discs are much enlarged. The tympanum is dark brown, the back uniform blackish brown and the throat lemon yellowish with minute black spots. Males have a large, transparent vocal sac when calling, and the species breeds by direct development (Wikipedia, general species account).