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| status = CR<br />
| status_system = IUCN3.1<br />
| status_ref = <ref name=IUCN>{{Cite iucn | author = S.D. Biju | author2 = Sushil Dutta | author3 = Robert Inger | title = ''Indirana gundia'' | volume = 2004 | page = e.T58310A11762967 | date = 2004 | doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T58310A11762967.en }}</ref><br />
| genus = Indirana<br />
| species = gundia<br />
| authority = (Dubois, 1986)<br />
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'''''Indirana gundia''''' is a species of [[frog]] found in the [[Western Ghats]] of [[India]]. It is only known from its [[Type locality (biology)|type locality]], Kempholey, [[Karnataka]].<ref name=frost>{{cite web |url=http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/Amphibia/Anura/Ranixalidae/Indirana/Indirana-gundia |title=''Indirana gundia'' (Dubois, 1986) |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=1 June 2014}}</ref> ''Indirana gundia'' is listed among "Top 100 [[EDGE species|EDGE Amphibians]]". It represents a family that has been evolving independently in India for almost 50 million years.<ref name=EDGE>{{cite web |url=http://www.edgeofexistence.org/amphibians/species_info.php?id=632 |title=Gundia Indian Frog (''Indirana gundia'') |author= |year= |work=EDGE of Existence programme |publisher=Zoological Society of London |accessdate=1 June 2014}}</ref><br />
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==Description==<br />
''Indirana gundia'' are small in size, with a total length of {{convert|23|-|38|mm|abbr=on}}. The dorsum is variable in colour, ranging from brown to yellowish, via golden, cream, pinkish and reddish hues, probably providing good [[camouflage]] against the background of decaying leaves on the forest floor. Adult frogs have long, muscular legs; the digits on both pairs of limbs are unwebbed but dilated into disc-like suckers. The head is fairly pointed and the skin has longitudinal glandular folds along the back. The mouth is wide and the buccal cavity is whitish or yellowish.<ref name=EDGE/><br />
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==Habitat and conservation==<br />
''Indirana gundia'' is a terrestrial frog inhabiting moist tropical forest. It is threatened by [[habitat loss]] caused by intensive livestock production, harvesting of wood and timber by local people, road construction, and the development of tourism facilities.<ref name=IUCN/><ref name=EDGE/><br />
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[[Category:Indirana|gundia]]<br />
[[Category:Frogs of India]]<br />
[[Category:Endemic fauna of the Western Ghats]]<br />
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