Beddome’s Indian Frog

April 20th, 2009

by drkrishi

Beddome's Indian Frog

I found this Juvenile Beddome’s Indian Frog or Beddome’s Leaping frog (Indirana beddomei) at Bisile. It is named after the naturalist Colonel Richard Henry Beddome, the first conservator of the newly formed forest department of the Madras presidency.

This medium-size frog whose dorsal skin is covered with short longitudinal glandular folds. The coloration varies; it can be yellowish, pinkish, or brownish, with irregular speckling. The hind limbs are long, the webbing is incomplete, and the tips of the digits are dilated into discs. Adult males have large tympana, vocal sacs, nuptial pads, and femoral glands. It has a big bladder and invariably squirts when handled.

It is endemic to Western Ghats. The frogs inhabit the forest floor or rocky soil in evergreen forest at 330–2,950 ft (100–900 m). Pigmented eggs presumably are deposited outside water under shelters, such as stones, rotten vegetation, or the bark of dead trees. Tadpoles are peculiar, with an elongated body form, extremely large eyes, and a slender and pointed tail. The hind limbs develop early, and they have 4–5/4 tooth rows. From the beginning they can use their tails, and later their hind limbs, to skitter on the rocks or ground, which allows them to go from one humid terrestrial shelter or shallow pool to another.

EXIF info…
Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Lens: EF70-200mm f/4L IS USM
Exposure Mode: Auto exposure
Exposure Time: 1/200 sec.
Exposure Bias: 0.0
Aperture (F Stop): f/4.5
ISO Used: 400
Flash Used: Flash did not fire, compulsory flash mode.
White Balance: As Shot
Focal Length: 200.0 mm
Metering Mode: Pattern
Date Time: 2009:04:12 11:35:00
GPS Location in Google Map:
12° 43' 2.11332" N – 75° 41' 42.3636" E
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5 Responses to “Beddome’s Indian Frog”

GN Ashoka Vardhana Says:
April 20th, 2009 at 9:46 PM

ಭಳಿರೇ! ವನ್ಯ ಸಂರಕ್ಷಣೆಯ ದೃಷ್ಟಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಬರಿಯ ಚಿತ್ರಗ್ರಾಹಿಗಳು ಸಾಕಾಗುವುದಿಲ್ಲ. ಇಲ್ಲೇ ತೇಜಸ್ವಿಯವರ ಮಹತ್ವ ಇದ್ದದ್ದು. ಸದ್ಯ ನೀವು ಒದಗಿಸಿರುವ ಮಾಹಿತಿಯ ಮೂಲವನ್ನು ಸ್ಮರಿಸುವುದರೊಂದಿಗೆ ಆಯಾ ಪ್ರಾಕೃತಿಕ ವ್ವೈವಿಧ್ಯದೊಡನೆ ನಿಮ್ಮ ವೈಯಕ್ತಿಕ ಅನುಭವದ ಒಗ್ಗರಣೆಯನ್ನೂ ಹಾಕಿ ಡಾಕ್ಟರ್ ಸಾಬ್. ಒಳ್ಳೆಯ ಹೆಜ್ಜೆಯನ್ನು ಮುಂದುವರಿಸಿ, ಬಲಪಡಿಸಿ.

Sharath Says:
April 20th, 2009 at 9:53 PM

Hi Krishi:

Good picture. You should get the picture of the tadpole it is on the ridge side of the road further from alexes gate. As you said they are peculiar small black tadpoles as if walking on dark rock surfaces during rainy season.

drkrishi Says:
April 20th, 2009 at 10:10 PM

Sharath,
Thanks I should get hold of the tadpole shots, probably this is not the right time for that. If you have any more info on this frog species you can add. This is all the info I could get. Also the taxonomic confusion between Indirana & Rana makes it difficult to search for references.
Regards
Krishna Mohan

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