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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 yadera
| authority = Dahanukar, Modak, Krutha, Nameer, Padhye, and Molur, 2016
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'''''Indirana yadera''''', the '''Yadera leaping frog''', is a frog in the family [[Ranixalidae]]. It is endemic to [[India]]'s [[Western Ghat]] mountains.<ref name=AMNH>{{BioRef|ASW6
|title=''Indirana yadera'' Dahanukar, Modak, Krutha, Nameer, Padhye, and Molur, 2016
|url=https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/Amphibia/Anura/Ranixalidae/Indirana/Indirana-yadera
|access-date=May 28, 2024}}</ref><ref name=Amph>{{BioRef|amphibiaweb
|title=''Indirana yadera'' Dahanukar, Modak, Krutha, Nameer, Padhye, & Molur, 2016
|author1=
|editor1=
|editor2=
|date=
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|url=https://amphibiaweb.org/species/8517
|access-date=May 28, 2024}}</ref><ref name=IUCN>{{cite IUCN
|title= Yadera Leaping Frog: ''Indirana yadera''
|url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/119243173/119243178
|article-number=e.T119243173A119243178
|doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T119243173A119243178.en
|id=119243173
|year=2023
|author1=IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group
|access-date=May 28, 2024}}</ref>

==Appearance==

This frog has several features that differentiate it from its congeners, including a head wider than it is long, a long, narrow snout, and a distinctive [[Tympanum (anatomy)|tympanum]].<ref name=Amph />

==Etymology==

The scientists who first described this frog named it some of their friends: ''yadera'' for Yamini, Deepa, and Ravisankaran.<ref name=Amph />

==Habitat==

This frog inhabits moist [[lowland]] and [[submontane]] forests. It can live in [[secondary forest]], near streams and stagnant water. It appears to need both moist ground, moist [[leaf litter]], and some [[canopy (biology)|canopy cover]]. So while it cannot live in clear-cut areas, it has been observed on [[arecanut]] plantations. It has been observed between 55 and 1075 meters above sea level.<ref name=IUCN />

==Reproduction==

The frog lays eggs on wet rocks. This frog's tadpoles are semi-aquatic and move across wet rocks and moss using their tails and their hind legs. Their back legs grow in at a younger age than other tadpoles' do.<ref name=IUCN />

==Threats==

The IUCN classifies this frog as vulnerable to extinction because of its small range. Sometimes people [[roadkill|hit this frog with cars or trucks]]. Pesticides and fertilizers may also be an issue. Efforts to stop landslides may harm the frog as well: the concrete used to shore up roads can fill in the cracks in the rocks where frogs would lay their eggs.<ref name=IUCN />

Scientists also cite [[climate change]] as a threat to this frog. Alterations to the monsoon climate could interfere with breeding.<ref name=IUCN />

The frog's range includes protected parks: [[Peechi-Vazhani Wildlife Sanctuary]], [[Periyar Tiger Reserve]], [[Idukki Wildlife Sanctuary]], [[Chimmony Wildlife Sanctuary]], and [[Neyyar Wildlife Sanctuary]].<ref name=IUCN />

Scientists have observed the fungus ''[[Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis]]'' on this frog, but they do not know its specific morbidity or mortality. ''Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis'' causes the fungal disease [[chytridiomycosis]].<ref name=IUCN />

==Original description==
*{{cite journal|author1=Dahanukar N|author2= Modak N|author3= Krutha K|author4=Nameer PO|author5=Padhye AD|author6= Molur S |year=2016 |title=Leaping Frogs (Anura: Ranixalidae) of the Western Ghats of India: an integrated taxonomic review. |journal=J Threatened Taxa |volume=8 |pages=9221–9288}}

==References==
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[[Category:Frogs of Asia]]
[[Category:Endemic amphibians of India]]
[[Category:Amphibians described in 2016]]
[[Category:Indirana|yadera]]

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Himvanta at 04:11, 18 December 2025