Purple Pignosed Frog | Doughnut Frog | Purple Frog

PURPLE PIGNOSED FROG are unusual species of frog in the mountain ranges of the Western Ghats in India, in this video lets learn more about them.

00:00 Intro
00:07 Purple Pignosed Frog

PURPLE PIGNOSED FROG ALSO KNOWN AS PURPLE FROG OR DOUGHNUT FROG
ENDEMIC TO THE WESTERN GHATS IN SOUTH WEST INDIA

NEAR THREATENED SPECIES
LENGTH IS 6 TO 9 CM
WEIGH 165 GRAMS
EGGS - 3600 (METAMORPHOSE/100 DAYS)

THEY ARE IDENTIFIED BY A DARK SHINY PURPLISH-GREY, SMALL HEAD AND UNUSUAL POINTED SNOUT

FIRST DISCOVERED IN OCTOBER 2003 IN THE IDUKKI DISTRICT OF KERALA

REMAINS UNDERGROUND MOST OF THE YEAR EXCEPT FOR 2-3 WEEKS DURING THE MONSOON WHEN THEY COME OUT TO MATE

GLOBALLY BIO-GEOGRAPHERS HAVE ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THEY ARE ‘ONCE IN A CENTURY FIND’ SPECIES

THEY HAVE BLOATED BODY WITH SHORT STOUT LIMBS. SHORT AND MUSCULAR FORELIMBS WITH HARD PALMS HELP THEM TO BURROW UNDERGROUND
THIS BURROW-DWELLING FROG PREFERS LOOSE, DAMP AND WELL-AERATED SOIL CLOSE TO PONDS AND DITCHES OR STREAMS

LIVES IN SELF-DUG HOLES UNDERGROUND MEASURING ABOUT 12 FEET

THEY ARE KNOWN TO UTTER CROAKS THAT SOUND LIKE THE CLUCKING OF A CHICKEN

THEY MAINLY FEED ON TERMITES USING THEIR TONGUE

MALES ARE KNOWN TO MOUNT ON FEMALES AND GRIP THEM ALONG THE VERTEBRAL COLUMN

DURING MATING, FEMALES WHO ARE DOUBLE THE SIZE OF MALES, CARRY THE MALE FROGS ON THEIR BACKS TO EGG LAYING SITES

STAYING CLOSE TO WATERBODES MAKES IT CONVENIENT FOR MATING AND LAYING EGGS IN WATER

EGGS ARE LAID IN SMALL SHADED ROCKY POOLS IN THE BED ROCK OF TORRENTIAL STREAMS

TADPOLES HAVE SUCKER-FISH LIKE MOUTHS WHICH THEY USE TO CLING TO ROCKS BEHIND WATERFALLS LIKE LEECHES

SUSPENDED FROM WET ROCKS, TADPOLES CAN SPEND UP TO 120 DAYS IN TORRENT WHICH IS THE LONGEST THE SPECIES EVER STAYS ABOVE GROUND DURING THEIR ENTIRE LIFESPAN

SO FAR ONLY 135 INDIVIDUALS OF THIS SPECIES ARE KNOWN, OF WHICH ONLY 3 ARE FEMALES

MAJOR THREAT TO THE PURPLE PIGNOSED FROG IS HABITAT LOSS DUE TO HUMAN ENCROACHMENT

06:04 Outro

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Documentation: Amrita L Kutuva and Hansen Thambi Prem
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