Ramanella montana 5713024 223932750 2008-07-06T16:07:35Z Kyle the bot 3115531 robot Adding: [[fr:Ramanella montana]] {{Taxobox | name = ''Jerdon's Narrow mouthed Frog'' | status = NT | status_system = IUCN3.1 | image = Nyctibatrachus2.jpg | image_caption = ''Jerdon's Narrow mouthed Frog'' | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]] | subphylum = [[Vertebrate|Vertebrata]] | classis = [[Amphibia|Amphibia]] | ordo = [[Anura]] | familia = [[Microhylidae]] | genus = [[Ramanella]] | species =''R. montana'' | binomial = ''Ramanella montana'' }} '''Jerdon's Narrow mouthed Frog''' (''Ramanella montana'') is a species of [[Microhylidae|Microhylid]] frog found in Southern India. == Description == The frogs of the [[genus]] ''[[Ramanella]]'' are small and characteristically have discs on their fingers but lack them on the toes. The typical [[Habitat (ecology)|habitat]] in which this frog is found are tree holes in the rainy season in [[moist deciduous forest]] to [[Evergreen forest]]. They have smooth but bumpy skin. The upper side is brown with dark spots. The snout to vent length is 34-36mm. Males have a single subgular vocal sac that is expanded to a sphere when they call. They call after heavy rains during June or July. They begin calling after sunset and continue all night while the males float on water in small ponds. Females approach calling males and they display axillary [[amplexus]] during mating.<ref>G. G. Kadadevaru, R. D. Kanamadi and Hans Schneider (1998) Mating call of the burrowing frog, ''Ramanella montana'' (Jerdon, 1859). J. Adv. Zool. 1998: 19(2) : 91-93 [http://www.nfsci.org/data/gk2.pdf PDF]</ref> They aestivate in summer.<ref>[[Charles McCann|McCann, C.]] 1946. Aestivation of the frog ''Ramanella montana'' (Jerdon). J. Bombay. Nat. Hist. Soc., 404-406.</ref> == Distribution == The distribution of this [[frog]] is not fully known but is found in most of the [[Western Ghats]]. This species is found in [[Moist deciduous forest]], [[Semi-evergreen forest]] and [[Evergreen forest]]. Rain-water filled tree holes are the favoured [[microhabitat]] of these frogs. The egg masses of most Indian microhylids float on the water but those of ''R. montana'' are attached to the tree trunk just above water level or placed on the surface of a floating leaf.<ref>Savitha N. Krishna, Sharath B. Krishna and K. K. Vijayalaxmi (2004) Breeding ecology of a rare microhylid, Ramanella montana, in the forests of Western Ghats, India. Current Science 87(1):80-82 [http://www.iisc.ernet.in/~currsci/jul102004/80.pdf PDF]</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{Microhylidae-stub}} [[fr:Ramanella montana]]