Micrixalus fuscus (Boulenger, 1882) - Dusky Dancing Frog

Subspecies in India

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

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This endemic species is commonly found in the southern Western Ghats of India. It inhabits the riparian habitats in the moist tropical forests of the Ghats, at the heights of 200m - 1,000m asl.

Conservation Status:

This species is listed as Near Threatened 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 population size is currently unknown. Its Extent of Occurrence is less than 20,000 sq km. The threat to its persistence comes from habitat disturbance due to plantation, commercial developments, and other human encroachments like logging and road-killing.

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, Sushil Dutta, Karthikeyan Vasudevan, S.P. Vijayakumar, M.S. Ravichandran. 2004. Micrixalus fuscus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2004: e.T58378A11762825.

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Micrixalus fuscus (Boulenger, 1882) – Dusky Dancing 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/micrixalus-fuscus, accessed 2024/05/13.