Microhyla laterite Seshadri, Singal, Priti, Ravikanth, Vidisha, Saurabh, Pratik & Gururaja, 2016

Mudke, Madhushri, Gururaja, K. V., Aravind, Neelvara & Singal, Ramit, 2020, Annotated list of anurans from the lateritic plateau of western India with notes on malformations, Check List 16 (3), pp. 685-698 : 694

Microhyla laterite Seshadri, Singal, Priti, Ravikanth, Vidisha, Saurabh, Pratik & Gururaja, 2016

New records. INDIA • Karnataka: Udupi: Manipal, End Point , site code B (13.3704°N, 074.7849°E), obs. by MM, KVG and RS, 16 Jul. 2017, 25 individuals. Fig. 3J .

Identification. The SVL is up to 15.3–16.6 mm. This species has a distinctive horizontal line in-line with its forearm. The ventral side is cream-colored with dark purplish-brown-speckled vocal sacs. Microhyla sholigari Dutta and Ray, 2000 is similar to M. laterite , but M. sholigari has cream-colored vocal sacs with sparse brown pigmentation and the horizontal line is lacking on the dorsum ( Seshadri et al. 2016). It has a continuous “zee-zee” insect-like call.

Habitat. This species was found in large numbers across most ephemeral pools in the study area. It breeds in the shallow puddles formed within laterite rocks. Distribution. This frog is endemic to the southern West- ern Ghats in the state of Karnataka.