w w w . i n d i a w i l d s . c o m
home
about Sabyasachi Patra
diary
forums
image gallery
contact IndiaWilds
Home
About
Diary
Forums
Gallery
ContactUs

User Tag List

Results 1 to 3 of 3

Thread: Fungoid Frog

  1. #1
    Join Date
    15-04-09
    Location
    Goa/Mumbai
    Posts
    3,121
    Mentioned
    0 Post(s)
    Tagged
    2 Thread(s)

    Default

    Call of a Fungoid frog Hylarana malabarica, from Karnala, Maharashtra.

    Recorded with my cell phone. Pardon the quality, the recording bitrate was set to the lowest value by default. Pushed it up later but didn't get the call again. It also has a feeble volume. I'd be grateful if someone could up the quality of the file.
    Attached Files Attached Files
    Last edited by Sabyasachi Patra; 21-08-2013 at 05:49 PM. Reason: Amplified

  2. #2
    Join Date
    18-09-09
    Posts
    3,609
    Mentioned
    0 Post(s)
    Tagged
    2 Thread(s)

    Default

    Thats loud and clear...will be nice if you can add something on the species.

    TFS
    Roopak

  3. #3
    Join Date
    15-04-09
    Location
    Goa/Mumbai
    Posts
    3,121
    Mentioned
    0 Post(s)
    Tagged
    2 Thread(s)

    Default

    Excerpts from JC Daniel's book, where this species is listed as Rana malabarica:
    Medium sized frog, max. 8cm from snout to vent
    Back bright orange to red, black flanks. Upper lip white, possibly extending on the sides along the line of glands. Ventrally white, often marbled with black. Legs brown or black with white barring.
    Distributed throughout the western ghats, also known from Nilgiris and possibly occurring in suitable biotopes of the eastern ghats.
    Semi arboreal. Colouration camouflages with bark fungi. Emits a powerful fungoid odour, also compared to burnt rubber, when excited. (I have never smelt this, despite seeing and even handling these frogs countless times.)

    I might have an old image of this species (heard but didn't see it this time!), will look for it and post it soon. The call (posted here) is roughly similar to that of other Hylarana frogs, with the characteristic "tin rattle" sound.
    Thanks Sabyasachi for the processing!

Thread Information

Users Browsing this Thread

There are currently 1 users browsing this thread. (0 members and 1 guests)

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •