Animalia > Chordata > Amphibia > Anura > Microhylidae > Melanobatrachus > Melanobatrachus indicus

Melanobatrachus indicus (Black microhylid frog)

Wikipedia Abstract

Melanobatrachus is a genus of narrow-mouthed frogs (Microhylidae family) that contains a single species, Melanobatrachus indicus. It is known under a number of common names, including Kerala Hills frog, black microhylid frog, and Malabar black narrow-mouthed frog. It is endemic to wet evergreen forests of southern Western Ghats in Kerala and Tamil Nadu states of India. Melanobatrachus indicus is a rare species that was only rediscovered in 1997. It lives amongst leaf-litter, rocks and other ground cover of moist evergreen tropical forests.
View Wikipedia Record: Melanobatrachus indicus

Endangered Species

Status: Vulnerable
View IUCN Record: Melanobatrachus indicus

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
20
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
78
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 38.93
EDGE Score: 5.77
View EDGE Record: Melanobatrachus indicus

Attributes

Diet [1]  Carnivore (Invertebrates)
Litters / Year [1]  1
Nocturnal [1]  Yes
Snout to Vent Length [1]  1.339 inches (3.4 cm)

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
South Western Ghats montane rain forests India Indo-Malayan Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Anamalai Sanctuary 207937 Tamil Nadu, India  
Mundanthurai Sanctuary 140203 Tamil Nadu, India  
Periyar Sanctuary 192001 India  
Shendurney Sanctuary 24790 India  
Western Ghats World Heritage Site 1965266 Kerala, India  

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Western Ghats and Sri Lanka India, Sri Lanka Yes

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Oliveira, Brunno Freire; São-Pedro, Vinícius Avelar; Santos-Barrera, Georgina; Penone, Caterina; C. Costa, Gabriel. (2017) AmphiBIO, a global database for amphibian ecological traits. Sci. Data.
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0