Amboli Bush Frog

Fascinating facts about the Amboli Bush Frog

• A male frog measures 34 mm and a female 37.5 mm in snout–vent length.
• Males have a large, transparent vocal sac when calling, and the species is found in disturbed areas near evergreen forest patches in Amboli.
• This species breeds by direct development, hatching as miniature frogs.
• Its known range stretches across six sites, from Amboli and Amba in Maharashtra to Castle Rock, Londa, Jog Falls-Mavingundi, and Kudremukh-Malleshwaram in Karnataka, highlighting how a single species can be scattered across a fragmented landscape.
• Because it has not been recorded inside any protected reserve, ongoing urbanization and tourism pose the greatest risk, underscoring the urgent need to secure its remaining forest patches before the populations disappear.

At a glance

About the Amboli Bush Frog

The Ambori bush frog, Pseudophilautus amboli, is a modestly sized shrub frog with a robust body. Males reach a snout-vent length of about 34 mm, females slightly larger at 37.5 mm, and both sexes have enlarged fingertip discs. Their dorsum is a uniform blackish-brown, the throat is lemon-yellow with minute black speckles, and the tympanum is dark brown. Males have a large, transparent vocal sac when calling. In the Western Ghats of India, this frog inhabits extremely disturbed sites adjacent to evergreen forest fragments, from Amboli, the type locality, to Amba in Maharashtra and several locales in Karnataka such as Castle Rock, Londa, Jog Falls-Mavingundi, and Kudremukh-Malleshwaram. It breeds by direct development, hatching as miniature froglets without an aquatic tadpole stage.

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