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{{Short description|Species of frog}}
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| status = VU
| status_ref = <ref name=IUCN/>
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| taxon = Indirana salelkari
| authority = Modak, Dahanukar, Gosavi, and Padhye, 2015
| range_map =
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'''''Indirana salelkari''''', the '''Netravali leaping frog''', is a species of frog in the family [[Ranixalidae]]. It is endemic to [[India]]'s [[Western Ghat]] mountains.<ref name=AMNH>{{BioRef|ASW6
|title=''Indirana salelkari'' Modak, Dahanukar, Gosavi, and Padhye, 2015
|url=https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/Amphibia/Anura/Ranixalidae/Indirana/Indirana-salelkari
|access-date=May 25, 2024}}</ref><ref name=Amph>{{BioRef|amphibiaweb
|title=''Indirana salelkari'' Modak, Dahanukar, Gosavi, & Padhye, 2015
|author1= Sierra Raby
|editor1= Ann T. Chang
|editor2=
|date=November 3, 2016
|language=
|url=https://amphibiaweb.org/species/8518
|access-date=May 25, 2024}}</ref><ref name=IUCN>{{cite IUCN
|title= Netravali Leaping Frog: ''Indirana salelkari''
|url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/89183211/166116733
|article-number=e.T89183211A166116733
|doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T89183211A166116733.en
|id=89183211
|year=2023
|author1=IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group
|access-date=May 25, 2024}}</ref>

==Appearance==
The adult male frog measures 24.7–27.7 mm in [[snout-vent length]] and the adult female frog 30.0–30.9 mm. The head is longer than it is wide, which distinguishes this frog from other species in ''Indirana''. The skin of the dorsum is brown or pink in color. There is a dark stripe between the eyes. There is a patch in the shape of the letter W on the anterior head. There are brown stripes on the upper mandible and another brown strip from the nose to the shoulder. There are transverse bars on the front and hind legs and sometimes the toes. The sides of the legs have brown or black spots on them. Female frogs have fewer spots than male frogs. The skin of the bottoms of the feet is dark brown and white in color.<ref name=Amph />

==Habitat==
This frog lives in semi-evergreen [[secondary forest]] within the splash zones of streams. This frog has been observed near spice farms and in the edges of forests, but scientists believe it does require some [[canopy (biology)|canopy cover]]. This frog has been observed between 78 and 600 meters above sea level.<ref name=IUCN />

==Reproduction==
The frog's tadpoles are semi-aquatic.<ref name=IUCN /> A horny beak divides the mouth into two parts.<ref name=Amph />

==Threats==
The IUCN classifies this frog as vulnerable because of its limited range and ongoing habitat loss. People cut down the forests for agriculture and to build towns. Some forms of landslide prevention can harm this frog: concrete can fill in the cracks in the rocks where frogs would lay their eggs. Subsistence logging may also pose some threat, but a minor one. Scientists also think [[climate change]] could hurt this frog by changing the [[monsoon|weather]] it needs to lay eggs.<ref name=IUCN />

The frog's range includes at least one protected park: [[Netravali Wildlife Sanctuary]].<ref name=IUCN />

Scientists have observed the fungus ''[[Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis]]'' on other frogs that live nearby but further research is required to assess it as a threat. ''Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis'' causes the fungal disease [[chytridiomycosis]].<ref name=IUCN />

==Original description==
*{{cite journal|author1=Modak N|author2= Dahanukar N|author3= Gosavi N|author4= Padhye AD |year=2015 |title=Indirana salelkari, a new species of leaping frog (Anura: Ranixalidae) from Western Ghas of Goa, India. |journal=J Threatened Taxa |volume=7 |issue= 9|pages=7493–7509|doi= 10.11609/JoTT.o4262.7493-509|doi-access=free}}

==References==
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[[Category:Indirana|salelkari]]
[[Category:Frogs of Asia]]
[[Category:Endemic amphibians of India]]
[[Category:Amphibians described in 2015]]

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