Amolops mahabharatensis

The Mahabharat torrent frog (Amolops mahabharatensis) is a species of frog. It lives in Nepal.

Body
The adult female frog is about 65.0 - 71.79 mm long from nose to rear end and the adult male frog is about  33.91 - 39.11 mm. It has short front legs and long, strong back legs. The skin of the frog's back is gray-green-brown in color. The iris of the eye is yellow or gold in color. There are dark stripes on the legs. There are white bumps on the sides of the body. The webbed skin on the back feet is brown. The belly is white.

Home
This frog lives in forests. It sits on big rocks in streams where the water moves fast. Scientists saw this frog between 214 and 1800 meters above sea level.

Young
The tadpoles can be 34.8 mm long with the body and tail. It has a wide head and round face. The eyes are on the top and sides of the head. The tadpoles have disks on their bellies. The tadpoles hold on to rocks in the fast water.

People
People catch this frog to study, use in medicine, and eat. People also take the eggs and tadpoles to eat.

Danger
Scientists from the IUCN say this frog is in some danger of dying out. Human beings change the places where the frog lives to get wood to burn and to get grass. Humans also make farms and let animals eat grass near where the frog lives. Chemicals that farmers use to kill insects that eat plants and kill insects can kill this frog. Fish from other parts of the world can eat this species. Plants from other parts of the world can change the frog's home too. Scientists think people might catch too many frogs for food and medicine, but they are not sure.

References

Category:Frogs of Asia
Category:State symbols of Haryana