Kaloula taprobanica is a species of tailless amphibian from the genus of bull frogs of the family of narrow-breeds. They are found in Nepal, Bangladesh, South and East India and Sri Lanka [1] to an altitude of about 1300 meters above sea level [2] . This is a common species, the body length of an adult reaches 75 millimeters. It was originally described as a subspecies of the decorated bull frog ( Kaloula pulchra ) [3] . In the IUCN Red Book, this species is assigned the status of “Least Concern” [2] .
| Kaloula taprobanica |
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| No rank : | Bilateral symmetrical |
| Squad: | Tailless Amphibians |
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| International scientific name |
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Kaloula taprobanica Parker, 1934 |
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Least ConcernedIUCN 3.1 Least Concern : ??? |
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These are chubby frogs, whose body length reaches 75 millimeters, and the females are slightly larger than the males. The color of the upper side of the body is grayish-black with a symmetrical pattern of reddish-brown spots on both sides, including a strip extending from the back of the eye to the base of the forepaw. The underside of the body is pale, yellowish-gray, with black or brown streaks. During the breeding season, a dark spot appears on the throat of males [3] .
These frogs live in Nepal, Bangladesh, South and East India and Sri Lanka, at an altitude of up to 1300 meters above sea level. Kaloula taprobanica and Kaloula assamensis are found to the west and north of the Brahmaputra river, and the decorated bull frog is found to the east and south of it, since the Brahmaputra river is an obstacle to the distribution of these species [4] .
Kaloula taprobanica burrowing species. They spend daytime, buried in forest litter, loose soil or under a log, but can also hide among branches under bushes. These frogs inhabit dry forests, coconut and rubber plantations, wetlands, rice fields and disturbed forest areas close to human dwellings [2] .
Kaloula taprobanica feed on various insects. They breed at the beginning of the rainy season, while males issue mating calls from suitable reservoirs. Eggs swim at the surface of the water in one layer. The color of the tadpoles is black [3] .
This frog has a wide range, and its population seems quite stable. In the IUCN Red Book, this species is assigned the status of “Least Concern”, since it is believed that the rate of decline in its numbers, if any, is insufficient to classify Kaloula taprobanica as a more serious species. This frog is common throughout most of its range, and the threats it faces have been defined as habitat degradation and agrochemical contamination of water bodies in which it breeds [2] .
- ↑ Frost, Darrel R. Kaloula taprobanica Parker, 1934 (neopr.) . Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference . American Museum of Natural History (2013). Date of treatment December 11, 2013.
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 Inger, RF; Gour-Broome, VA; Manamendra-Arachchi, K .; de Silva, A .; Dutta, S. Uperodon taprobanicus (English) // The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . - IUCN , 2016 .-- Vol. 2016 . - P. e.T57858A91639191 . - DOI : 10.2305 / IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T57858A91639191.en .
- ↑ 1 2 3 Janzen, Peter. Kaloula taprobanica (neopr.) . AmphibiaWeb (May 1, 2005). Date of treatment December 11, 2013.
- ↑ Saibal Sengupta, Abhijit Das, Sandeep Das, Balhtiar Hussain, Nripendra Kumar Choudhury and Sushil Kumar Dutta. 2009. Taxonomy and Biogeography of Kaloula Species of Eastern India . The Natural History Journal of Chulalongkorn University . 9 (2): 209-222.
