Face-off – Snake vs Snail
Jun
30
2015
What happens when a snail comes face-to-face with a Malabar Pit Viper?
What happens when a snail comes face-to-face with a Malabar Pit Viper?
In April this year, on a night walk near Agumbe, we came across this spider. It looked very different from what I’d seen before. Also, the web caught my attention and I photographed it from a couple of different angles to try and capture the essence. After I got back, the photograph was safely backed up in my hard drives along with the rest of the images from the trip and life went on. Until, I was running through the trip photographs with a friend a month later. When he saw the image, he jumped […]
Basilianus sp. (possibly Basilianus stolickzae) Family: Passalidae Photographed in Agumbe, Karnataka on June 15, 2012
Golden Frog (Hylarana aurantiaca) Photographed in Agumbe on Aug 21, 2011
Ponmudi Bush Frog (Raorchestes ponmudi) This is a Critically Endangered Bush Frog that is endemic to the Western Ghats. Photographed in Agumbe, Karnataka on Oct 31, 2011
Fungoid Frog (Hylarana malabarica) This frog is encountered on the forest floor and lower vegetation. It is very similar to Hylarana aurantiaca (Golden Frog) and Hylarana temporalis (Bronzed Frog). The pattern of white on black on the legs differentiates it from the above species. Photographed in Agumbe on Jul 29, 2012
Malabar Tree Toad (Pedostibes tuberculosus) This Endangered species of toad is endemic to the Western Ghats. They are chiefly arboreal, preferring to spend time on trees but are also found on leaf litter. Photographed in Agumbe in August 2011.
Amboli Bush Frog (Pseudophilautus amboli) This frog is endemic to the Western Ghats.
Small-handed Frog (Indirana semipalmata) This frog is endemic to the Western Ghats.
Rufescent Burrowing Frog or Reddish Burrowing Frog (Fejervarya rufescens) This frog is endemic to India, widespread across the Western Ghats and the Western Coast. A tiny frog, it merges into the pebbles around it with utmost ease. In breeding season, it develops red patches on its upper body, hence the common name.