Philautus garo (Boulenger, 1919) - Garo Hills Bush Frog

Subspecies in India

This is also known as the Garo Hills Bubble-nest Frog.

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This lowland species is rare. It inhabits the bushy areas near the perennial streams in the moist tropical forests of Garo Hills in Assam, Meghalaya, and Nagaland in India at 90m - 500m 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 5,000 sq km with a severely fragmented distribution. The threat to its persistence comes from habitat fragmentation due to logging.

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

Annemarie Ohler, Saibal Sengupta, Debjani Roy. 2004. Philautus garo. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2004: e.T58846A11849059. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T58846A11849059.en
Accessed on 25 November 2020.

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Philautus garo (Boulenger, 1919) – Garo Hills Bush 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/philautus-garo, accessed 2024/05/12.