The word Rain always brings joy and puts a smile on everyone’s face. For animals, it starts with the soil-dwelling bacteria that releases a sweet-smelling chemical that we relate to the smell of rain. The frogs and fishes wait in anticipation for the rains to begin their journey and move to richer grounds for mating…
Category Archives: amphibians
The confused Common Indian Toad (Duttaphrynus melanostictus)
It was past ten and the rainforest was filled with silence with the mist covering it completely and making visibility to only few meters. I was walking along the path of the grassland to see the great gathering of the Common Indian Toad but I was taken aback as there was very little visibility. Venturing…
A lesson learnt from the great Rhacophorus Malabaricus (Malabar Gliding Frog)
The stage had been already set by the Pit Viper in a small well where the Malabar Gliding Frog (Rhacophorus malabaricus) descends and call out to find his mate. The Pit Viper had taken his place on a stick lying inside the well, with which the female Malabar Gliding Frog descended to the calling males…