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Bombay night frog

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is a plump frog with prominent, forward-facing eyes with vertically slit pupils, a wide head, and rounded snout. The fore limbs are short and plump, and the flattened fingers have large discs on the tips. The hind limbs are rather longer, the toe pads are also disc-shaped, and the toes are fully
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on the exact spot from which the male was calling. She then returns to the stream and he stands over the eggs and fertilizes them. He then moves to a new position with potential for egg deposition a few centimetres (inches) away and starts making his advertisement call again to attract another
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webbed. It grows to a length of about 48 mm (1.9 in), the back is a mottled dark grey or brown, the belly is paler grey, and the limbs sometimes have dark bands. The male has orange glands on his thighs and has no vocal sac.
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because its range is fragmented and amounts to a total area smaller than 20,000 km (7,700 sq mi). Its habitat is being degraded by deforestation, agricultural activities, pollution, and disturbance by humans.
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states at elevations of 200 to 1,200 m (660 to 3,940 ft) above sea level. Part of its range is in the
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emerge from the jelly-clad eggs and drop into the stream below, where they continue their development.
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female. In this way, the male decides where the eggs are to be laid. This is the only known
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frog species where the male and female do not engage in
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Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference
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season between May and September. The male maintains a
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frogs is declining slowly. The species is listed as "
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Conservation status
Vulnerable
IUCN 3.1
Scientific classification
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Eukaryota
Animalia
Chordata
Amphibia
Anura
Nyctibatrachidae
Nyctibatrachus
Binomial name
Bombay
species
frog
Nyctibatrachidae
endemic
Western Ghats
Maharashtra
India
Humayun Abdulali
Maharashtra
Western Ghats
Goa
Karnataka
Bhimashankar Wildlife Sanctuary
Koyna Wildlife Sanctuary
Mahabaleshwar

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