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Rufescent burrowing frog


Rufescent burrowing frog
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Copyright: Sindhu Ramchandran (Sindhur) Silver Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 13 W: 0 N: 53] (421)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2004-01-01
Categories: Amphibians
Exposure: f/3.2, 1/200 seconds
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Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2008-06-22 7:21
Viewed: 768
Points: 2
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Thanks to Dr K V Gururaja for Identifying the Burrowing frog.

Range Comments: This species is widespread throughout the Western Ghats of India. It has an altitudinal range of 200-1,500m asl.
Biogeographic Realm(s): Indomalayan
Distribution Status: Native India


Population- It is a locally common species. There are no quantitative population data available.

Habitat and Ecology- It is associated with riparian and forest edge habitats, in open and lightly degraded tropical moist semi-evergreen forest. There is little information on breeding biology or larval development.
Biomes: Terrestrial, Freshwater

Major Threats - General loss of riparian and forest edge habitat by localized agriculture (small scale farming) is a major threat.

http://amphibiaweb.org/cgi-bin/amphib_query?query_src=aw_lists_genera_&table=amphib&where-genus=Fejervarya&where-species=rufescens

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  • gannu Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1169 W: 4 N: 3262] (14691)
  • [2008-06-23 3:28]

Hello Sindhu, Lovely. Was it your hand on which the frog is resting. Well done and bright clarity and strong focus. well composed shot. Ganesh

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