Indosylvirana aurantiaca (Boulenger, 1904) - Golden Frog

Subspecies in India

This is also known as the Boulenger's Golden-backed Frog.

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This semi-arboreal and semi-aquatic species is rare. It inhabits the inland wetlands and swamps in tropical moist forests of Sri Lanka and India (mainly southern Western Ghats), at heights ranging between 200m - 1,400m asl.

Conservation Status:

This species is listed as Vulnerable in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (https://www.iucnredlist.org/).

According to the IUCN Red List assessment, the population of this species is declining,and its current population size is unknown. Its Extent of Occurrence is less than 20,000 Sq km with severely fragmented distribution. The threats to its persistence come from habitat disturbances due to large-scale agricuture, agrochemical pollution, and mining.

StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal
Total

S.D. Biju, Kelum Manamendra-Arachchi, Sushil Dutta, Robert Inger, Anslem de Silva. 2004. Indosylvirana aurantiaca (errata version published in 2016). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2004: e.T58551A89365142. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T58551A11801743.en. Accessed on 26 November 2020.

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Indosylvirana aurantiaca (Boulenger, 1904) – Golden Frog. In Gosavi, N., A. Bayani, and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 1.05. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.indianamphibians.org/indosylvirana-aurantiaca, accessed 2024/05/12.