Garo Hills frog facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Garo Hills frog
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Synonyms
Rana garoensis (Boulenger, 1920) Rana (Hylorana) garoensis (Boulenger, 1920) Rana danieli (Pillai and Chanda, 1977) Rana (Hylarana) danieli (Dubois, 1981) Rana (Hylarana) garoensis (Dubois, 1987) Rana (Sylvirana) garoensis (Dubois, 1992) Rana (Sylvirana) danieli (Dubois, 1992) Hylarana garoensis (Chen, Murphy, Lathrop, Ngo, Orlov, Ho, and Somorjai, 2005) Hylarana danieli (Chen, Murphy, Lathrop, Ngo, Orlov, Ho, and Somorjai, 2005) Sylvirana garoensis (Frost, Grant, Faivovich, Bain, Haas, Haddad, de Sá, Channing, Wilkinson, Donnellan, Raxworthy, Campbell, Blotto, Moler, Drewes, Nussbaum, Lynch, Green, and Wheeler, 2006) Sylvirana danieli (Frost, Grant, Faivovich, Bain, Haas, Haddad, de Sá, Channing, Wilkinson, Donnellan, Raxworthy, Campbell, Blotto, Moler, Drewes, Nussbaum, Lynch, Green, and Wheeler, 2006) Hylarana garoensis (Che, Pang, Zhao, Wu, Zhao, and Zhang, 2007) "Hylarana" garoensis (Oliver, Prendini, Kraus, and Raxworthy, 2015)

The Garo Hills frog, Boulenger's Garo Hill frog, swift cascade frog, mawphlang frog or Daniel's frog ("Hylarana" garoensis) is a small frog from India. Scientists think it may also live in Nepal.

This frog is 3.2 cm long. It is gray-brown on the black and almost white on its belly. It has a long head and pointed nose. Its front legs are longer than the front legs of most frogs this size. It has webbing on its hind feet but not its front feet. It has discs for climbing on its front feet.