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''Micrixalus saxicola'' (black torrent frog, Malabar tropical frog, Jerdon's olive-brown frog, small torrent frog) is a small frog species found in forest streams in the Western Ghats of India.〔 ==Description== «Tongue with a free, pointed papilla in the anterior part of the median line. Snout subacuminate, as long as the diameter of the orbit; ''canthus rostralis'' angular; loreal region flat, vertical; nostril equally distant from the eye and the tip of the snout; iuterorbilal apace aa broad as the upper eyelid; tympanum small, hidden. Toes very broadly webbed, the web reaching the disks, which are very large; subarticular tubercles small; a small inner metatarsal tubercle. The hind limb being stretched forwards along the body, the tibio-tarsal articulation reaches the tip of the snout or somewhat beyond. Skin smooth above and beneath: a fold from the eye to the shoulder. Olive-brown above, with more or less distinct darker reticulations; limbs with dark cross bands; throat and breast often marbled with brown. Hale with internal vocal sacs, the openings of which are very small.»〔Boulenger, G. A. (1890) Fauna of British India: Reptilia and batrachia〕 *From snout to vent 1-2 inches. *Habitat: Malabar and Wynaad; on rocks in shady mountain-streams. Image:Micrixalus.jpg Image:MicrixalusSaxicola1.jpg Image:MicrixalusSaxicola2.jpg 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Micrixalus saxicola」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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