Uperodon variegatus

The Eluru dot frog, variegated ramanella, variable ramanella, variegated balloon frog, variegated globular frog, termite nest frog, or marbled narrow-mouth frog (Uperodon variegatus) is a frog.  It lives in India and Sri Lanka and scientists think it might also live in Bangladesh.

Body
This frog can be as big as 35 mm long from nose to rear end. The skin of the frog's back is dark brown with some light brown or white dots on the feet. The belly is whitish in color.

Home
This frog is awake at night. It lives in forests, grassy places, places where animals eat grass and near farms and human homes. People find them near termite hills. It can live in places where human beings live, for example coffee farms. People have found them in toilets.  Scientists saw the frog between 0 and 1000 meters above sea level.

Young
This frog has many tadpoles at the same time. The tadpoles swim and grow in pools that dry up for part of the year.

Danger
Scientists from the IUCN say this frog is not in danger of dying out. Human beings do change the places where the frog lives with pollution from chemicals that make plants grow and chemicals that kill pests. Climate change could hurt this frog in the future.

References

Category:Frogs of Asia
Category:Territory symbols of Puducherry