Philautus garo

species of amphibian

The Garo Hills bubble-nest frog, Garo Hills bush frog, or Garo Hills shrub frog (Philautus garo) is a frog. It lives in India, in the Garo Hills. People have seen it between 90 and 500 meters above sea level.[2][1][3]

Philautus garo
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Rhacophoridae
Genus: Philautus
Species:
P. garo
Binomial name
Philautus garo
(Boulenger, 1919)
Synonyms[2]
  • Ixalus garo Boulenger, 1919
  • Rhacophorus (Philautus) garo Ahl, 1931
  • Philautus garo Bourret, 1942
  • Philautus (Philautus) garo Bossuyt and Dubois, 2001

The adult frog is about 13 mm long from nose to rear end. There is no webbed skin on the front feet. There is some webbed skin on the back feet. There are disks on the toes for climbing. The disks on the toes are almost as big as the eardrum on the side of the frog's head. The skin of the frog's back is gray with a dark brown mark between the eyes. The mark is in the shape of an hourglass.[4]

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 "Philautus garo (Boulenger, 1919)". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved January 1, 2024.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Frost, Darrel R. "Philautus garo (Boulenger, 1919)". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved January 1, 2024.
  3. IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2022). "Garo Hills Bubble-nest Frog: Philautus garo". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. p. e.T58846A166106846. 58846. Retrieved January 1, 2024.
  4. Boulenger, G. A. (1919). "Descriptions of three new batrachians from the Garo Hills, Assam". Records of the Indian Museum (Full text). 16: 207–208. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.25921.