List of amphibians of Kerala
Order: Anura (Frogs)
Duttaphrynus beddomii (Beddome's toad)
Dorsal view
Lateral view
Lateral view
Duttaphrynus melanostictus (common Asian toad)
Dorsal view
Lateral view
Lateral view
Duttaphrynus microtympanum (southern hill toad)
Dorsal view
Lateral view
Duttaphrynus parietalis (Indian toad)
Dorsal view
Lateral view
Mating
Duttaphrynus scaber (Ferguson's toad)
Dorsal view
Lateral view
Calling
Ghatophryne ornata (Malabar torrent toad)
Dorsal view
Dorsal view
Lateral view
Front view
Ghatophryne rubigina (Kerala stream toad)
Lateral view
Front view
Pedostibes tuberculosus (Malabar tree toad)
Dorsal view
Lateral view
Calling
Calling
Euphlyctis cyanophlyctis (skittering frog)
Dorsal view
Lateral view
Euphlyctis hexadactylus (green pond frog)
Dorsal view
Lateral view
Hoplobatrachus crassus (Jerdon's bullfrog)
Dorsal view
Lateral view
Lateral view
Hoplobatrachus tigerinus (Indian bullfrog)
Dorsal view
Lateral view
Minervarya sahyadris (Minervarya frog)
Lateral view
Front view
Sphaerotheca breviceps (Indian burrowing frog)
Lateral view
Front view
Zakerana keralensis (Kerala warty frog)
Dorsal view
Lateral view
Zakerana rufescens (Malabar wart frog)
Lateral view
Micrixalus adonis
Lateral view
Micrixalus elegans (elegant dancing frog)
Lateral view
Micrixalus fuscus (dusky torrent frog)
Illustration
Lateral view
Micrixalus gadgili (Gadgil's torrent frog)
lateral view
Micrixalus nelliyampathi (Nelliyampathi torrent frog)
Lateral view
Lateral view
Micrixalus phyllophilus (pink-thighed torrent frog)
Lateral view
Lateral view
Micrixalus saxicola (Malabar torrent frog)
Dorsal view
Lateral view
Micrixalus thampii (Thampi's torrent frog)
Lateral view
Melanobatrachus indicus (black microhylid frog)
Lateral view
Lateral view
Microhyla ornata (ornate narrow-mouthed frog)
Lateral view
Lateral view
Microhyla rubra (reddish narrow-mouthed frog)
Lateral view
Lateral view
Microhyla sholigari (Sholigari Microhylid frog)
Dorsal view
Front view
Mysticellus franki (Franky's narrow-mouthed frog)
Uperodon anamalaiensis (Anamalai dot/balloon frog)
Lateral view
Uperodon globulosus (Indian balloon frog)
Illustration
Lateral view
Front view
Uperodon montanus (Jerdon's balloon frog)
Lateral view
Lateral view
Uperodon systoma (marbled balloon frog)
Illustration
Lateral view
Front view
Uperodon taprobanica (painted frog)
Lateral view
Uperodon triangularis (Malabar frog)
Illustration
Dorsal view
Lateral view
Lateral view
Uperodon variegata (Variegated frog)
Dorsal view
Lateral view
Nasikabatrachus sahyadrensis (purple frog)
Lateral view
Lateral view
Front view
Mating
Nyctibatrachus beddomii (Beddome's night frog)
Lateral view
Lateral view
Lateral view
Nyctibatrachus deccanensis (Deccan night frog)
Illustration
Lateral view
Ventral view
Nyctibatrachus grandis (Grandi's night frog)
Lateral view
Lateral view
Nyctibatrachus kempholeyensis (Kempholey night frog)
Lateral view
Tadpole
Nyctibatrachus major (Malabar night frog)
Illustration
Lateral view
Nyctibatrachus minimus (miniature night frog)
Lateral view
Lateral view
Nyctibatrachus minor (Kerala night frog)
Lateral view
Clinotarsus curtipes (bicolored frog)
Dorsal view
Lateral view
Front view
Hydrophylax malabaricus (fungoid frog)
Dorsal view
Lateral view
Lateral view
Indosylvirana aurantiaca (Boulenger's golden backed frog)
Dorsal view
Lateral view
Mating
Indosylvirana magna (large golden backed frog)
Lateral view
Indosylvirana sreeni (Sreeni's golden backed frog)
Lateral view
Indosylvirana urbis (urban golden backed frog)
Lateral view
Front view
Indirana beddomii (Beddome's leaping frog)
Illustration
Dorsal view
Indirana diplosticta (spotted leaping frog)
Illustration
Dorsal view
Lateral view
Front view
Indirana phrynoderma (toad skinned leaping frog)
Lateral view
Indirana semipalmata (toad skinned leaping frog)
Illustration
Lateral view
Lateral view
Tadpole
Beddomixalus bijui (Kadalar swamp frog)
Lateral view
Lateral view
Ghatixalus asterops (Ghat tree frog)
Lateral view
Ghatixalus variabilis (green tree frog)
Lateral view
Mercurana myristicapalustris (Myristica swamp frog)
Lateral view
Front view
Polypedates maculatus (Indian tree frog)
Illustration
Dorsal view
Lateral view
Polypedates occidentalis (western/charpa tree frog)
Lateral view
Lateral view
Polypedates pseudocruciger (false hour-glass tree frog)
Dorsal view
Front view
Pseudophilautus kani (kani bush frog)
Dorsal view
Lateral view
Pseudophilautus wynaadensis (Waynad bush frog)
Dorsal view
Lateral view
Calling
Raorchestes akroparallagi (variable bush frog)
Dorsal view
Lateral view
Calling
Raorchestes anili (Anil's bush frog)
Dorsal view
Calling
Mating
Raorchestes beddomii (Beddome's bush frog)
Illustration
Calling
Raorchestes bobingeri (Bob Inger's bush frog)
Front view
Raorchestes chalazodes (chalazodes bubble-nest frog)
Illustration
Lateral view
Front view
Raorchestes charius (Seshachar's bush frog)
Lateral view
Raorchestes chlorosomma (green-eyed bush frog)
Lateral view
Raorchestes chotta (small bush frog)
Lateral view
Raorchestes chromasynchysi (confusing green bush frog)
Lateral view
Raorchestes crustai (bark bush frog)
Lateral view
Female
Calling
Mating
Raorchestes dubois (Kodaikanal bush frog)
Dorsal view
Lateral view
Lateral view
Raorchestes flaviventris (yellow-bellied bush frog)
Illustration
Lateral view
Raorchestes glandulosus (glandular bush frog)
Lateral view
Raorchestes graminirupes (Ponmudi bush frog)
Calling
Raorchestes jayarami (Jayaram's bush frog)
Calling
Raorchestes johnceei (Johnceei's bush frog)
Dorsal view
Raorchestes kakachi (Kakachi bush frog)
lateral view
lateral view
Raorchestes manohari (beautiful reed bush frog)
Lateral view
Raorchestes marki (Mark's bush frog)
Lateral view
Raorchestes munnarensis (Munnar bush frog)
Lateral view
Raorchestes nerostagona (Kalpetta yellow bush frog)
Dorsal view
Lateral view
Raorchestes ochlandrae (ochlandrae reed bush frog)
Lateral view
Front view
Raorchestes ponmudi (large Ponmudi bush frog)
Dorsal view
Lateral view
Front view
Calling
Raorchestes ravii (Ravi's bush frog)
Lateral view
Raorchestes resplendens (resplendent shrub frog)
Dorsal view
Lateral view
Front view
Raorchestes signatus (star-eyed bush frog)
Illustration
Lateral view
Front view
Ventral view
Raorchestes sushili (Sushil's bush frog)
Dorsal view
Raorchestes tinniens (Nilgiri bush frog)
Illustration
Dorsal view
Raorchestes travancoricus (Travancore bush frog)
Lateral view
Raorchestes tuberohumerus (Kudremukh bush frog)
Dorsal view
Lateral view
Front view
Raorchestes uthamani (Uthaman's reed bush frog)
Lateral view
Rhacophorus calcadensis (Kalakad gliding frog)
Dorsal view
Lateral view
Front view
Rhacophorus lateralis (small tree frog)
Dorsal view
Lateral view (male)
Lateral view (female)
Front view
Rhacophorus malabaricus (Malabar gliding frog)
Dorsal view
Ventral view
Lateral view
Calling
Front view
Mating
Rhacophorus pseudomalabaricus (false Malabar gliding frog)
Dorsal view
Lateral view
Front view
Order: Gymnophiona (Caecilians)
Ichthyophis beddomei (yellow-striped caecilian)
Ichthyophis bombayensis (Bombay caecilian)

Head
Ichthyophis longicephalus (long-headed caecilian)
Uraeotyphlus interruptus (Chengalam caecilian)
Uraeotyphlus menoni (Kerala caecilian, Menon's caecilian)
Uraeotyphlus narayani (Narayan's caecilian)
Uraeotyphlus oxyurus (red caecilian)
References
- A checklist of amphibians of Kerala, India by Sandeep Das
- A survey of the Amphibian Fauna of Kerala- Distribution and Status, Zoos’ Print Journal 20(1) 1723–1735 by M.I. Andrews, Sanil George and Jaimon Joseph (2005)
- Common Amphibians of Kerala: Frogs and Toads – PS Sivaprasad
External links
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