Raorchestes kakkayamensis

Raorchestes kakkayamensis, the Kakkayam shrub frog, is endemic to the Western Ghats and currently known only from its type locality of Kakkayam in Kozhikode district, Kerala, north of the Palghat Gap. It has been seen in primary and nearby secondary forest, from the leaf litter on the ground to plants as high as 3 metres (Wikipedia, general species account).

It is a small species: males measure 17-19 mm in snout-vent length and the female 24 mm. The back is brown to reddish brown, with a pair of dark discontinuous concave bands from behind the eye to the groin and a thin mid-dorsal line, and there is a dark brown horizontal band between the upper eyelids. Males produce a single type of call, generally of a single pulse and not delivered in groups, and the frog breeds through direct development (Wikipedia, general species account).