Wildlifeof India
Shompen Frog
True Frogs, Night Frogs & AlliesLimnonectes shompenorum
Basic stats
Diet
Relatively large prey: beetles, a cockroach and a small unidentified frog in the type series
Range
Great Nicobar Island (type locality) and western Sumatra
Size
Females 72-88mm; one male 84mm
The Shompen frog (Limnonectes shompenorum) is found on Great Nicobar Island in India, its type locality, and in western Sumatra in Indonesia. The name refers to the Shompen people, the indigenous people of the interior of Great Nicobar. Adult females measure 72-88 mm in snout-vent length and one male measured 84 mm (Wikipedia, general species account).
It is similar to Limnonectes macrodon and feeds on relatively large prey: the stomachs of the type series held beetles, a cockroach and a small unidentified frog (Wikipedia, general species account).
Quick answers
- What does the Shompen Frog eat?
- Relatively large prey: beetles, a cockroach and a small unidentified frog in the type series
- Where is the Shompen Frog found?
- Great Nicobar Island (type locality) and western Sumatra
- How big is the Shompen Frog?
- Females 72-88mm; one male 84mm