Amboli Toad Xanthophryne Tigerina
Photo: Prajwal J. Ullal Recently discovered, the Amboli toad is endemic to the rocky plateaus of the Western Ghats around Amboli in Maharashtra. A mating pair m Read More
Malabar Gliding Frog Rhacophorus Malabaricus
Photo: Yogesh Jangonda Koli 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 depo Read More
Castle Rock Night Frog Nyctibatrachus Petraeus
Photo: Saurabh Sawant A male castle rock night frog keeps a watchful eye over the shimmering marble-like eggs his mate has deposited on the trunk of a tree. The Read More
Malabar Caecilian Uraeotyphlus Malabaricus
Photo: Sandeep Das A Malabar caecilian guards her eggs. Interestingly, caecilian off spring are born with oddly-shaped blunt teeth meant more for scraping than Read More
Ornate Narrow-Mouthed Frog Microhyla Ornata
Photo: Raman Kulkarni Rain is vital to the lifecycle of this species. Adults breed seasonally, during monsoon in small temporary pools, where the development fr Read More
The Great Outdoors
A tiger Panthera tigris, stares into the great outdoors of Corbett’s Dhikala grasslands. The cat’s orange fur and black stripes help it merge into its grassland Read More
Malabar Gliding Frog Rhacophorus Malabaricus
Photo: Yuvaraj Gurjar This froglet is nearly fully developed; once its tail drops off , it turns into an adult frog. The species is named for its ability to str Read More
The Great Outdoors
In one of Satpura Tiger Reserve’s spectacular meadows, a young leopard Panthera pardus fusca, surveys its domain. Like the tiger’s stripes, a leopard’s rosettes Read More
Love Makes The World Go Round
In Amboli, a male beetle mounts a female to initiate copulation. All beetles reproduce sexually, with the male’s sperm being transferred directly to the female Read More
Love Makes The World Go Round
In the rainforests of the Sharavathi Valley, a critically endangered male Kottigehar torrent frog Micrixalus kottigeharensis clasps his forelegs around a female Read More
