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| image = Indirana beddomii dorsal view.jpg<br />
| image_caption = Dorsal view<br />
| status = LC<br />
| status_system = IUCN3.1<br />
| status_ref = <ref name=IUCN>{{Cite iucn | author = Biju, S.D. | author2 = Dutta, Sushil | author3 = Ravichandran, M.S. | title = ''Indirana beddomii'' | volume = 2004 | page = e.T58307A11761967 | date = 2004 | doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T58307A11761967.en }}</ref><br />
| genus = Indirana<br />
| species =beddomii<br />
| authority =([[Albert C. L. G. Günther|Günther]], 1876)<br />
| synonyms=<br />
''Polypedates beddomii'' <small>Günther, 1876</small><br />
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'''''Indirana beddomii''''', '''Beddome's leaping frog''', '''Beddome's Indian frog''', or simply '''Beddome's frog''', is a species of frog found in the [[Western Ghats]].<ref name=frost/> They are usually detected by their long leaps as they flush from the ground when disturbed. The species is named after the naturalist [[Richard Henry Beddome]].<br />
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== Description ==<br />
Vomerine teeth in two oblique groups are found just behind the level of the choanae. A free, pointed papilla is on the middle of the tongue. The head is moderate, and the snout is obtuse, with an obtuse canthus rostralis and a concave loreal region. The nostril is a little nearer to the end of the snout than to the eye; the interorbital space is as broad as the upper eyelid, or a little narrower; the tympanum is distinct, two-thirds of the diameter of the eye. The front toes are moderate, with the first extending slightly beyond the second; the hind toes are two-thirds webbed, with the web reaching the disks of the third and fifth toes; the tips of the toes are dilated into well-developed disks; the subarticular tubercles are well developed. A single, small, oval inner metatarsal tubercle is present, with no tarsal fold. The tibiotarsal articulation reaches the tip of the snout or a little beyond. The skin of the back has short longitudinal glandular folds, with a strong fold from the eye to the shoulder. Their color is brown above, with rather indistinct darker spots; rarely, they are uniform pinkish, sometimes with a light vertebral band; a dark cross-band occurs between the eyes; a black band is found along the canthus rostralis, and a black temporal spot is seen. Its limbs are more or less distinctly cross-barred; the lower parts are uniformly whitish. Males are without vocal sacs.<ref>Boulenger, G. A. (1890) Fauna of British India. Reptilia and Batrachia</ref> Their length from snout to vent is about 2.5 in.<br />
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== Distribution and habitat==<br />
This species is found in the forests of the Western Ghats,<ref name=frost>{{cite web |url=http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/Amphibia/Anura/Ranixalidae/Indirana/Indirana-beddomii |title=''Indirana beddomii'' (Günther, 1876) |author=Frost, Darrel R. |year=2014 |work=Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0 |publisher=American Museum of Natural History |accessdate=31 May 2014}}</ref> generally on the ground in moist deciduous and evergreen forests.<br />
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==External links==<br />
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[[Category:Indirana|beddomii]]<br />
[[Category:Frogs of India]]<br />
[[Category:Endemic fauna of the Western Ghats]]<br />
[[Category:Fauna of Maharashtra]]<br />
[[Category:Amphibians described in 1876]]<br />
[[Category:Taxa named by Albert Günther]]</div>>Pvmoutside