Fejervarya teraiensis (Dubois, 1984)

Deuti, Kaushik, Ray, Sukumar, Bag, Probhat & Dey, Swapan Kumar, 2017, Amphibians of the Duars area of Northern West Bengal, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (3), pp. 221-241 : 231

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scientific name	Fejervarya teraiensis (Dubois, 1984)
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1984. Rana teraiensis Dubois , Alytes ., 3: 150.

Common Name: Terai Cricket Frog (English)

Specimens examined: 5 ex: A 11935 from Buxa Fort, Buxa Tiger Reserve, Alipurduar district , West Bengal (26°45’323”N,89°34’868”E)collected on 31.v.2014 ; A 11959 from Mendabari, Chilapata forest, Jalpaiguri district , West Bengal (26°36’687”N, 89°23’996”E) collected on 09.vi.2014 ; A 12445 – A 12446 from Kodalbasti forest, Jalpaiguri district , West Bengal (26°38’023”N, 89°21’927”E) collected on 16.viii.2015 and A 12447 from CC Line Beat, Chilapata forest, Jalpaiguri district , West Bengal (26°36’847”N, 89°21’086”E) collected on 19.viii.2015 . The measurements of the frogs collected are given below in millimeters: Distinguishing features: Small to medium-sized mostly terrestrial frogs with interrupted glandular folds on the skin. Nostril is nearer to the tip of the snout than the eyes. The snout is somewhat pointed and projects beyond the mouth. Eyes are large but the ear-drum is two-third the diameter of the eye. A distinct supra-tympanic fold extending from behind the eye to the shoulder. Fore and hind limbs are moderately sized. Fingers and toes are elongated. Tips of the fingers and toes are rounded. The sub-articular tubercles are distinct and rounded. Skin on the ventral side is smooth.

Colour: Dorsum olive-brown with blackish brown patches and streaks. A blackish-brown bar between the eyelids. Upper lip with distinct blackish brown bars. Hind limbs with cross-bars. Eyes with a golden rim but the pupil is black. Ear-drum yellowish. The ventral side is whitish.

Habitat: Leaf litter on the forest floor especially near wetlands but also seen in grasslands and breeds in small rain pools.

Remarks: One of the commonest species found throughout the duars area. Earlier reported from West Bengal ( Deuti and Ayyaswamy, 2008). Also reported from Assam (Borthakur et al., 2007) and Uttar Pradesh ( Hegde, Roy and Lal, 2009).