Amphibians of Karnataka
127 amphibians on the India list have an open record placed in Karnataka, 34 of them threatened (1 Critically Endangered, 12 Endangered and 21 Vulnerable).
A species is in a state when it has an open record placed there: a record anyone can check online (a GBIF record, or a research-grade iNaturalist observation). Threatened: IUCN Red List Critically Endangered, Endangered or Vulnerable. The sources give no endemic mark for amphibians yet. List of the week of 2026-11-09.
Threatened amphibians of Karnataka (34)
- Micrixalus specca spotted dancing frog CR
- Hylarana aurantiaca Trivandrum frog EN
- Indirana beddomii Beddomes Leaping Frog EN
- Micrixalus candidus White-cheeked Dancing Frog EN
- Micrixalus niluvasei Niluvase Dancing Frog EN
- Microhyla laterite laterite narrow-mouthed frog EN
- Nyctibatrachus dattatreyaensis Dattatreya night frog EN
- Nyctibatrachus grandis Wayanad Night Frog EN
- Nyctibatrachus karnatakaensis wrinkled frog EN
- Nyctibatrachus major Boulenger's Narrow-eyed Frog EN
- Nyctibatrachus sanctipalustris Coorg night frog EN
- Nyctibatrachus sylvaticus Forest night frog EN
- Raorchestes chlorosomma Green-eyed Bush Frog EN
- Blaira ornata VU
- Duttaphrynus brevirostris Short-nosed Toad VU
- Hylarana caesari VU
- Hylarana temporalis Bronze frog VU
- Hylarana urbis VU
- Ichthyophis glutinosus Common Yellowband Caecilian VU
- Indirana salelkari Netravali Leaping Frog VU
- Indirana tysoni Tyson's Leaping Frog VU
- Micrixalus elegans Elegant Bubble-nest Frog VU
- Micrixalus kottigeharensis Kottigehara Dancing Frog VU
- Minervarya keralensis Kerala Warty Frog VU
- Nyctibatrachus aliciae Alicia's night frog VU
- Nyctibatrachus jog Jog's night frog VU
- Nyctibatrachus kumbara Kumbara night frog VU
- Nyctibatrachus minimus Miniature Night Frog VU
- Raorchestes chromasynchysi Confusing Green Bush Frog VU
- Raorchestes echinatus Spinular Bush Frog VU
- Raorchestes glandulosus Southern Bubble-nest Frog VU
- Raorchestes indigo Indigo Bush Frog VU
- Raorchestes nerostagona Kalpetta Yellow Bush Frog VU
- Rhacophorus lateralis winged gliding frog VU
All amphibians of Karnataka on the list (127)
- Blaira ornata VU
- Clinotarsus alticola Assam Hills Frog
- Clinotarsus curtipes Bicolored Frog
- Duttaphrynus brevirostris Short-nosed Toad VU
- Duttaphrynus melanostictus Asian Common Toad
- Duttaphrynus microtympanum Small-eared Toad
- Duttaphrynus parietalis Indian Toad
- Duttaphrynus scaber Schneider's Toad
- Euphlyctis cyanophlyctis Common skittering frog
- Euphlyctis jaladhara
- Fejervarya limnocharis Paddy Field Frog
- Firouzophrynus hololius
- Firouzophrynus peninsularis peninsular toad
- Firouzophrynus stomaticus
- Gegeneophis carnosus Periah Peak Caecilian DD
- Gegeneophis danieli Amboli Caecilian
- Gegeneophis krishni Krishna Farm Caecilian DD
- Gegeneophis madhavai Mudur Caecilian DD
- Hoplobatrachus crassus Jerdon's Bullfrog
- Hoplobatrachus tigerinus Indus Valley Bullfrog
- Hylarana aurantiaca Trivandrum frog EN
- Hylarana bahuvistara
- Hylarana caesari VU
- Hylarana indica
- Hylarana intermedia
- Hylarana malabarica
- Hylarana malabaricus
- Hylarana montana
- Hylarana temporalis Bronze frog VU
- Hylarana urbis VU
- Ichthyophis beddomei Beddome's Caecilian
- Ichthyophis glutinosus Common Yellowband Caecilian VU
- Ichthyophis kodaguensis Kodagu Striped Caecilian
- Indirana beddomii Beddomes Leaping Frog EN
- Indirana brachytarsus Anamallais Indian Frog
- Indirana chiravasi Amboli Leaping Frog
- Indirana duboisi Dubois's Leaping Frog NT
- Indirana gundia Gundia Leaping Frog NT
- Indirana salelkari Netravali Leaping Frog VU
- Indirana semipalmata South Indian Frog
- Indirana tysoni Tyson's Leaping Frog VU
- Kaloula pulchra Asian Painted Frog
- Micrixalus candidus White-cheeked Dancing Frog EN
- Micrixalus elegans Elegant Bubble-nest Frog VU
- Micrixalus kottigeharensis Kottigehara Dancing Frog VU
- Micrixalus niluvasei Niluvase Dancing Frog EN
- Micrixalus saxicola Malabar Tropical Frog
- Micrixalus specca spotted dancing frog CR
- Microhyla kodial Mangaluru narrow-mouthed frog DD
- Microhyla laterite laterite narrow-mouthed frog EN
- Microhyla nilphamariensis Nilphamarai Narrow-mouthed Frog
- Microhyla ornata Ornate Narrow-mouthed Toad
- Microhyla rubra Red Narrow-mouthed Frog
- Microhyla sholigari Sholigari Narrow-mouthed Frog
- Minervarya agricola Common Paddy Field Frog
- Minervarya brevipalmata DD
- Minervarya cepfi
- Minervarya gomantaki Goan Cricket Frog
- Minervarya keralensis Kerala Warty Frog VU
- Minervarya krishnan DD
- Minervarya mysorensis
- Minervarya nilagirica
- Minervarya rufescens NT
- Minervarya sahyadris Small Cricket Frog
- Minervarya syhadrensis
- Nasikabatrachus sahyadrensis Purple Frog NT
- Nyctibatrachus aliciae Alicia's night frog VU
- Nyctibatrachus dattatreyaensis Dattatreya night frog EN
- Nyctibatrachus grandis Wayanad Night Frog EN
- Nyctibatrachus jog Jog's night frog VU
- Nyctibatrachus karnatakaensis wrinkled frog EN
- Nyctibatrachus kempholeyensis Kempholey Night Frog
- Nyctibatrachus kumbara Kumbara night frog VU
- Nyctibatrachus major Boulenger's Narrow-eyed Frog EN
- Nyctibatrachus minimus Miniature Night Frog VU
- Nyctibatrachus petraeus Castle Rock night frog NT
- Nyctibatrachus poocha Meowing Night Frog NT
- Nyctibatrachus sanctipalustris Coorg night frog EN
- Nyctibatrachus shiradi DD
- Nyctibatrachus sylvaticus Forest night frog EN
- Nyctibatrachus tunga
- Pedostibes tuberculosus Malabar Tree Toad
- Phrynoderma aloysii
- Phrynoderma hexadactylum
- Phrynoderma karaavali
- Polypedates maculatus Chunam Tree Frog
- Polypedates occidentalis Western Tree Frog
- Polypedates pseudocruciger False Hourglass Tree Frog
- Pseudophilautus amboli Amboli bush frog
- Pseudophilautus leucorhinus White-nosed Shrub Frog EX
- Pseudophilautus temporalis EX
- Pseudophilautus wynaadensis Waynad bush frog
- Raorchestes akroparallagi Variable Bush Frog
- Raorchestes anili Anil's Bush Frog
- Raorchestes bombayensis Bombay Bubble-nest Frog
- Raorchestes charius Chari's bush frog
- Raorchestes chlorosomma Green-eyed Bush Frog EN
- Raorchestes chromasynchysi Confusing Green Bush Frog VU
- Raorchestes echinatus Spinular Bush Frog VU
- Raorchestes ghatei Ghate's Bush Frog
- Raorchestes glandulosus Southern Bubble-nest Frog VU
- Raorchestes hassanensis Dutta's Bubble-nest Frog NT
- Raorchestes honnametti Honnametti bush frog NT
- Raorchestes indigo Indigo Bush Frog VU
- Raorchestes luteolus Coorg Yellow Bush Frog
- Raorchestes nerostagona Kalpetta Yellow Bush Frog VU
- Raorchestes ochlandrae Ochlandra shrub frog
- Raorchestes ponmudi Ponmudi Bush Frog
- Raorchestes tuberohumerus Kudremukh Bush Frog
- Rhacophorus lateralis winged gliding frog VU
- Rhacophorus malabaricus Malabar Gliding Frog
- Sphaerotheca bengaluru
- Sphaerotheca breviceps Indian Burrowing Frog
- Sphaerotheca dobsonii Mangalore Burrowing Frog
- Sphaerotheca maskeyi Western Burrowing Frog
- Sphaerotheca rolandae Marbled Sand Frog
- Sphaerotheca varshaabhu
- Uperodon globulosus Indian Balloon Frog
- Uperodon montanus Jerdon's Narrow-mouthed Frog NT
- Uperodon mormoratus
- Uperodon systoma Marbled balloon frog
- Uperodon taprobanicus Painted Globular Frog
- Uperodon triangularis Malabar Dot Frog NT
- Uperodon variegatus White-bellied pug-snout frog
- Uraeotyphlus bombayensis
- Uraeotyphlus menoni Kerala Caecilian DD
- Uraeotyphlus narayani Kannan Caecilian
Amphibians elsewhere
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Other species of Karnataka
Birds · Large mammals · Bats · Rodents, shrews and hares · Whales, dolphins and other mammals · Reptiles · Fish · Butterflies · Moths · Dragonflies and damselflies · Beetles · Bees, wasps and ants · Flies · True bugs · Other insects · Spiders and other arachnids · Molluscs · Crabs, shrimps and kin · Orchids · Grasses and sedges · Ferns and lycophytes · Other flowering plants and conifers · Mosses and liverworts · Lichens · Fungi · Algae and diatoms · Other species