Purple frog

Scientific name: Nasikabatrachus sahyadrensis

Officially approvedEntity code: ENT-0516

Sign in to save it to your favourites Ask Ahmad about it

There is no approved picture of this creature yet.

Habitat

Where it lives

Recorded sightings of the purple frog up to 2006 were in and around cultivated land and grasslands.

Evidence: SRC-DSC-108DB49842Statement code: CLM-ENT0516-DSC-06

Gardens, farms and human-associated habitats

Sources (1)

Sources

3Record of Nasikabatrachus from the northern Western GhatsSRC-DSC-108DB49842

Where it is found

The purple frog is endemic to the Western Ghats mountains of India.

Evidence: SRC-DSC-BC0346F894Statement code: CLM-ENT0516-DSC-02

Ahmad reads the approved sentences themselves, nothing more.

In NAKTASHIF worlds:Gardens, farms and human-associated habitats

Sources

1Vocal behavior of the elusive purple frog of India (Nasikabatrachus sahyadrensis), a fossorial species endemic to the Western Ghats.SRC-DSC-BC0346F894
2From Clinging to Digging: The Postembryonic Skeletal Ontogeny of the Indian Purple Frog, Nasikabatrachus sahyadrensis (Anura: Nasikabatrachidae).SRC-DSC-E7323A1F80
3Record of Nasikabatrachus from the northern Western GhatsSRC-DSC-108DB49842

How we build knowledge

Latest review

Approved version OWNER-REVIEW-20261107T154153788 · last approved 7 November 2026

Where next?

From the same world

Enter its world: Gardens, farms and human-associated habitats Compare Ask Ahmad about it Surprise me with another creature All creatures

Noticed a mistake on this page?

Something to tell us about this page?

Sources (1)

Sources

1Vocal behavior of the elusive purple frog of India (Nasikabatrachus sahyadrensis), a fossorial species endemic to the Western Ghats.SRC-DSC-BC0346F894

Relationships with other living things

The purple frog Nasikabatrachus sahyadrensis has an ancient evolutionary link with the frogs of the family Sooglossidae, which are restricted to the Seychelles archipelago.

Evidence: SRC-DSC-BC0346F894Statement code: CLM-ENT0516-DSC-01

Sources (1)

Sources

1Vocal behavior of the elusive purple frog of India (Nasikabatrachus sahyadrensis), a fossorial species endemic to the Western Ghats.SRC-DSC-BC0346F894

Conservation status

In 2006 this species was assessed as Endangered because of its limited range, few locations and declining habitat quality.

Evidence: SRC-DSC-108DB49842Statement code: CLM-ENT0516-DSC-07

Sources (1)

Sources

3Record of Nasikabatrachus from the northern Western GhatsSRC-DSC-108DB49842

Noticed a mistake in this section?

More

Explore more

My account

Sources and trust

Settings

More

Explore more

My account

Sources and trust

Settings

Purple frog

Habitat

Where it lives

Where it is found

Sources

Latest review

Where next?

From the same world

Relationships with other living things

Conservation status