Variable Bushfrog
Endemic to the Western Ghats, the male variable bushfrog inflates its vocal sacs enormously to broadcast croaks and calls to attract potential mates. Read More
Dancing Frog
Frog does not vocalise to attract mates, its habitat consists of fast-flowing rivers due to gushing wate. Instead, it chooses to dance and wave its legs about! Read More
Marks Bushfrog
A critically endangered frog, found only in the Palakkad region of the Western Ghats, at elevations. We see two males vying for the attention of a female. Read More
Indian Bullfrog
Mating huddles between several male Indian bullfrogs can get fierce. Breeding males turn a bright lemon-yellow colour, as we see here. Read More
Purple frog
Purple frogs live underground most of their life, emerging only to mate. The larger female ferries the male on her back. Read More
Amboli toad
Recently discovered, the Amboli toad is endemic to the rocky plateaus of the Western Ghats around Amboli in Maharashtra. Read More
Malabar gliding frogs
A pair of male Malabar gliding frogs compete to mount a female, who has built a frothy egg nest into which she may already have deposited her eggs. Read More
Castle Rock Night Frog
A male castle rock night frog keeps a watchful eye over the shimmering marble-like eggs deposited by his mate. The female continues on her way post egg-laying. Read More
Malabar Caecilian
Interestingly, offspring are born with oddly-shaped blunt teeth meant more for scraping than chewing. Newborns scrape the skin off their mother for sustenance! Read More
Ornate narrow mouthed frog
Adults breed seasonally, during monsoon in small temporary pools, where the development from egg to tadpole (seen here) to adult then takes place. Read More
