Pedostibes tuberculosus
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The Malabar Tree Toad or Warty Asian Tree Toad (Pedostibes tuberculosus) is a species of toad
found in forests along the Western Ghats
of India
south of Goa
. It is small and is found in wet tree hollows or leaf bases containing water.
This is a slender frog with a moderate sized head. The snout is pointed and the lores are vertical. The distance between the eyes is as wide as the upper eyelid width. The ear opening (tympanum) is well marked and is about a third of the diameter of the eye. The finger are moderate, depressed and webbed a the base. The first finger is half the length of the second. The toes are almost entirely webbed and the tips of both fingers and toes are dilated into broad truncated disks being smaller on the toes. The tubercle near the joint is small and there are tow small flat metatarsal tubercles. There is no tarsal fold. When the hind limb is held straight beside the body small the metatarsal tubercles reach to between the eye and tip of the snout. Skin of upper parts rough (tubercular), the largest tubercles being arranged along each side of the back. Brownish grey above, sides darker; a white band from below the eye to the axil; another white longitudinal band in the lumbar region; beneath dark-spotted. Male with a subgular vocal sac. Females are larger than males. Adult of this toad reach between 3.6-3.85 cm in length.
The call is described as a shirrrr shirr shirr shirr with a dominant frequency of 3780 Hz, each call lasting 3 to 7 seconds with 3 to 10 pulses.
From snout to vent 1.4 inches.
at elevations of 250 m to over 1000 m often beside streams.
Toad
A toad is any of a number of species of amphibians in the order Anura characterized by dry, leathery skin , short legs, and snoat-like parotoid glands...
found in forests along the Western Ghats
Western Ghats
The Western Ghats, Western Ghauts or the Sahyādri is a mountain range along the western side of India. It runs north to south along the western edge of the Deccan Plateau, and separates the plateau from a narrow coastal plain along the Arabian Sea. The Western Ghats block rainfall to the Deccan...
of India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
south of Goa
Goa
Goa , a former Portuguese colony, is India's smallest state by area and the fourth smallest by population. Located in South West India in the region known as the Konkan, it is bounded by the state of Maharashtra to the north, and by Karnataka to the east and south, while the Arabian Sea forms its...
. It is small and is found in wet tree hollows or leaf bases containing water.
Description
The call is described as a shirrrr shirr shirr shirr with a dominant frequency of 3780 Hz, each call lasting 3 to 7 seconds with 3 to 10 pulses.
From snout to vent 1.4 inches.
Habitat
This species is known to live in tree habitats but adults are found among leaf litter, climbing into trees at night. They are found in the forest of the Western GhatsWestern Ghats
The Western Ghats, Western Ghauts or the Sahyādri is a mountain range along the western side of India. It runs north to south along the western edge of the Deccan Plateau, and separates the plateau from a narrow coastal plain along the Arabian Sea. The Western Ghats block rainfall to the Deccan...
at elevations of 250 m to over 1000 m often beside streams.