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| image = Ghatophryne rubigina 3.jpg
| status = VU | status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref name=IUCN>{{Cite iucn | author = S.D. Biju | author2 = Sushil Dutta | author3 = M.S. Ravichandran |name-list-style=amp | title = ''Ghatophryne rubigina'' | volume = 2004 | page = e.T54481A11139184 | date = 2004 | doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T54481A11139184.en | access-date = 6 January 2018}}</ref>
| taxon = Ghatophryne rubigina
| authority = ({{interlanguage link multi|Raghavan Sridharan Pillai|fr|lt=Pillai}} and Pattabiraman, 1981)
| synonyms = ''Ansonia rubigina'' <small>Pillai and Pattabiraman, 1981</small>
| synonyms_ref = <ref name=Frost/>
}}

'''''Ghatophryne rubigina''''' is a species of [[toad]] in the family [[Bufonidae]]. It is [[endemic]] to the southern [[Western Ghats]], [[India]], and is known from [[Silent Valley National Park|Silent Valley]] and [[Wynaad]], both in [[Kerala]].<ref name=IUCN/><ref name=Frost/> Its common names include '''Kerala stream toad''', '''Silent Valley torrent toad''',<ref name=IUCN/><ref name=Frost/> and '''red torrent toad'''.<ref name=IUCN/><ref name=Frost/><ref name="Venkataraman et al. 2013"/>

==Description==
These small-sized toads measure {{convert|36|-|40|mm|in|1|abbr=on}} in snout–vent length. No cranial ridges nor [[parotoid gland]]s are present. The [[Tympanum (anatomy)|tympanum]] is distinct and smooth. The limbs are slender. The fingers have no webbing but have swollen tips. The toes are almost fully webbed, and the toe tips are swollen. Dorsal skin, flanks, and upper side of limbs are distinctly tuberculated; ventral skin is rough and bears spine-tipped tubercles on throat and chest and flattened tubercles on belly and underside of limbs. The [[Dorsum (anatomy)|dorsum]] is brick-red. The venter is brownish-black with vermiculations. The throat is bright orange, and there are spots of the same colour on chest, belly and underside of thighs. The flanks are brownish.<ref name="Venkataraman et al. 2013"/>

==Habitat and conservation==
''Ghatophryne rubigina'' occurs in tropical evergreen forest at elevations of {{convert|1000|–|1200|m|abbr=on}} [[above sea level]]. It is associated with torrential streams and the forest floor. Breeding probably takes place in streams.<ref name=IUCN/>

The population within the [[Silent Valley National Park]] is adequately protected. Nevertheless, because the species is known from so few localities, its population status requires careful monitoring.<ref name=IUCN/>

==References==
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<ref name=Frost>{{cite web |url=http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/Amphibia/Anura/Bufonidae/Ghatophryne/Ghatophryne-rubigina |title=''Ghatophryne rubigina'' (Pillai and Pattabiraman, 1981) |author=Frost, Darrel R. |year=2018 |work=Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0 |publisher=American Museum of Natural History |access-date=4 November 2018}}</ref>

<ref name="Venkataraman et al. 2013">{{cite book |editor1-last=Venkataraman| editor1-first= K.| editor2-last= Chattopadhyay| editor2-first= A.| editor3-last=Subramanian| editor3-first= K.A. |name-list-style=amp | date= 2013| title= Endemic Animals of India (Vertebrates) |publisher=Zoological Survey of India| location=Kolkata |pages=235+26 plates | url= https://www.researchgate.net/publication/301693197 }} [''Ghatophryne rubigina'': p. 71]</ref>
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[[Category:Ghatophryne|rubigina]]
[[Category:Frogs of India]]
[[Category:Endemic fauna of the Western Ghats]]
[[Category:Amphibians described in 1981]]
[[Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot]]

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