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Minervarya charlesdarwini (vernacular name: Charles Darwin's frog) is a species of frogs in the family Dicroglossidae. It is endemic to the Andaman Islands , India , and is known from the South Andaman Island , Long Island , and North Andaman Island .
Minervarya andamanensis, commonly known as the Andaman frog, chestnut-brown frog, or Andaman wart frog [3] is a species of frog only found in the Andaman Islands, India. [1] [2] It has been regarded as a synonym of Limnonectes limnocharis, but is now considered a valid species. A related, unnamed species exists in western Thailand. [2]
Microhyla chakrapanii is a species of frog in the family Microhylidae, the narrow-mouthed frogs.It is endemic to the Andaman Islands. [2] [3] It is also known as the Mayabunder rice frog, Chakrapani's narrow-mouthed frog, and bilateral banded frog. [2]
Rohanixalus is a genus of tree frogs in the family Rhacophoridae native to the Andaman islands and Indo-Burma region. [2] [3] The genus was established in 2020 by Indian herpetologist S.D. Biju of the University of Delhi and his colleagues. [1] The genus comprises eight species. [2]
First reported in October 2011, [11] H. tigerinus has become a major threat to the fauna of the Andaman Islands. Larger than native frogs, it can easily consume large numbers of them, along with reptiles such as the Andaman worm snake and Andaman day gecko, as well as centipedes.
The islands also have a number of endemic reptiles, toads and frogs, such as the Andaman cobra (Naja sagittifera), South Andaman krait (Bungarus andamanensis) and Andaman water monitor (Varanus salvator andamanensis).
Microhyla ornata, commonly known as the ornate narrow-mouthed frog, ornate narrow-mouthed toad, or ornamented pygmy frog, is a species of microhylid frog found in South Asia. This amphibian is distributed in Kashmir , Nepal, peninsular India and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands , Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh. [ 3 ]
These frogs can be found in Myanmar and western and peninsular Thailand and Peninsular Malaysia, as well as in the Andaman Islands . [3] They are terrestrial frogs found in primary tropical forest. Breeding takes place in forest streams where the tadpoles develop. Its conservation status is insufficiently known. [1]