Amphibians of Tamil Nadu
127 amphibians on the India list have an open record placed in Tamil Nadu, 49 of them threatened (4 Critically Endangered, 25 Endangered and 20 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 Tamil Nadu (49)
- Micrixalus spelunca CR
- Nasikabatrachus bhupathi Bhupathy's Purple Frog CR
- Nyctibatrachus indraneili Indraneil’s Night Frog CR
- Raorchestes marki Mark's bushfrog CR
- Ghatixalus variabilis Spotted Green Tree Frog EN
- Hylarana aurantiaca Trivandrum frog EN
- Indirana beddomii Beddomes Leaping Frog EN
- Micrixalus frigidus Cold Stream Dancing Frog EN
- Micrixalus fuscus Dusky Torrent Frog EN
- Micrixalus herrei Kallar Dancing Frog EN
- Micrixalus mallani Mallan's Dancing Frog EN
- Micrixalus nigraventris EN
- Micrixalus silvaticus EN
- Nyctibatrachus acanthodermis Spinular Night Frog EN
- Nyctibatrachus anamallaiensis EN
- Nyctibatrachus beddomii Beddome's Night Frog EN
- Nyctibatrachus major Boulenger's Narrow-eyed Frog EN
- Raorchestes blandus Pleasent bush frog EN
- Raorchestes chlorosomma Green-eyed Bush Frog EN
- Raorchestes coonoorensis Coonore bushfrog EN
- Raorchestes jayarami Jayaram's Bush Frog EN
- Raorchestes johnceei EN
- Raorchestes kaikatti Kaikatti bush frog EN
- Raorchestes manohari EN
- Raorchestes resplendens Resplendent Shrubfrog EN
- Raorchestes signatus Cross-backed Bush Frog EN
- Raorchestes sushili Sushil's Bush Frog EN
- Raorchestes tinniens Spotted Bush Frog EN
- Walkerana phrynoderma EN
- Blaira ornata VU
- Duttaphrynus beddomii Beddome's Toad VU
- Ghatixalus magnus Large Ghats Tree Frog VU
- Hylarana flavescens VU
- Hylarana magna VU
- Hylarana temporalis Bronze frog VU
- Ichthyophis glutinosus Common Yellowband Caecilian VU
- Melanobatrachus indicus Galaxy Frog VU
- Micrixalus nelliyampathi Nelliyampathi Dancing Frog VU
- Micrixalus phyllophilus Pink-thighed Dancing Frog VU
- Minervarya keralensis Kerala Warty Frog VU
- Nyctibatrachus aliciae Alicia's night frog VU
- Raorchestes chalazodes Chalazodes bubble-nest frog VU
- Raorchestes dubois Kodaikanal Bush Frog VU
- Raorchestes flaviventris Malabar Bubble-nest Frog VU
- Raorchestes glandulosus Southern Bubble-nest Frog VU
- Raorchestes griet Griet's Bush Frog VU
- Rhacophorus lateralis winged gliding frog VU
- Rhacophorus pseudomalabaricus False Malabar Gliding Frog VU
- Walkerana leptodactyla VU
All amphibians of Tamil Nadu on the list (127)
- Blaira ornata VU
- Clinotarsus curtipes Bicolored Frog
- Duttaphrynus beddomii Beddome's 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 stomaticus
- Gegeneophis ramaswamii Tenmalai Forest Caecilian
- Ghatixalus asterops Star-eyed Ghat Tree Frog NT
- Ghatixalus magnus Large Ghats Tree Frog VU
- Ghatixalus variabilis Spotted Green Tree Frog EN
- Hoplobatrachus crassus Jerdon's Bullfrog
- Hoplobatrachus tigerinus Indus Valley Bullfrog
- Hylarana aurantiaca Trivandrum frog EN
- Hylarana doni NT
- Hylarana flavescens VU
- Hylarana magna VU
- Hylarana malabarica
- Hylarana sreeni
- Hylarana temporalis Bronze frog VU
- Ichthyophis beddomei Beddome's Caecilian
- Ichthyophis glutinosus Common Yellowband Caecilian VU
- Ichthyophis tricolor Maddathorai Caecilian
- Indirana beddomii Beddomes Leaping Frog EN
- Indirana brachytarsus Anamallais Indian Frog
- Indirana leithii Leith's leaping frog
- Indirana semipalmata South Indian Frog
- Melanobatrachus indicus Galaxy Frog VU
- Micrixalus frigidus Cold Stream Dancing Frog EN
- Micrixalus fuscus Dusky Torrent Frog EN
- Micrixalus herrei Kallar Dancing Frog EN
- Micrixalus kodayari NT
- Micrixalus mallani Mallan's Dancing Frog EN
- Micrixalus nelliyampathi Nelliyampathi Dancing Frog VU
- Micrixalus nigraventris EN
- Micrixalus phyllophilus Pink-thighed Dancing Frog VU
- Micrixalus saxicola Malabar Tropical Frog
- Micrixalus silvaticus EN
- Micrixalus spelunca CR
- 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 keralensis Kerala Warty Frog VU
- Minervarya nilagirica
- Minervarya pentali
- Minervarya syhadrensis
- Nasikabatrachus bhupathi Bhupathy's Purple Frog CR
- Nasikabatrachus sahyadrensis Purple Frog NT
- Nyctibatrachus acanthodermis Spinular Night Frog EN
- Nyctibatrachus aliciae Alicia's night frog VU
- Nyctibatrachus anamallaiensis EN
- Nyctibatrachus beddomii Beddome's Night Frog EN
- Nyctibatrachus indraneili Indraneil’s Night Frog CR
- Nyctibatrachus kempholeyensis Kempholey Night Frog
- Nyctibatrachus major Boulenger's Narrow-eyed Frog EN
- Nyctibatrachus poocha Meowing Night Frog NT
- Nyctibatrachus vasanthi Kalakad Wrinkled Frog NT
- Pedostibes tuberculosus Malabar Tree Toad
- Phrynoderma aloysii
- Phrynoderma hexadactylum
- Phrynoderma karaavali
- Polypedates leucomystax Common Southeast Asian Tree Frog
- Polypedates maculatus Chunam Tree Frog
- Polypedates occidentalis Western Tree Frog
- Polypedates pseudocruciger False Hourglass Tree Frog
- Pseudophilautus kani Kani Bushfrog
- Pseudophilautus leucorhinus White-nosed Shrub Frog EX
- Pseudophilautus variabilis Variable Bush Frog EX
- Pseudophilautus wynaadensis Waynad bush frog
- Raorchestes agasthyaensis Agasthiamalai Bushfrog NT
- Raorchestes akroparallagi Variable Bush Frog
- Raorchestes anili Anil's Bush Frog
- Raorchestes beddomii Beddome's Bush Frog
- Raorchestes blandus Pleasent bush frog EN
- Raorchestes bobingeri Bob Inger's bush frog NT
- Raorchestes bombayensis Bombay Bubble-nest Frog
- Raorchestes chalazodes Chalazodes bubble-nest frog VU
- Raorchestes charius Chari's bush frog
- Raorchestes chlorosomma Green-eyed Bush Frog EN
- Raorchestes coonoorensis Coonore bushfrog EN
- Raorchestes crustai bark bush frog NT
- Raorchestes dubois Kodaikanal Bush Frog VU
- Raorchestes flaviventris Malabar Bubble-nest Frog VU
- Raorchestes glandulosus Southern Bubble-nest Frog VU
- Raorchestes griet Griet's Bush Frog VU
- Raorchestes jayarami Jayaram's Bush Frog EN
- Raorchestes johnceei EN
- Raorchestes kadalarensis Kadalar bush frog NT
- Raorchestes kaikatti Kaikatti bush frog EN
- Raorchestes kollimalai
- Raorchestes manohari EN
- Raorchestes marki Mark's bushfrog CR
- Raorchestes ochlandrae Ochlandra shrub frog
- Raorchestes ponmudi Ponmudi Bush Frog
- Raorchestes ravii Karnataka bubble-nest frog DD
- Raorchestes resplendens Resplendent Shrubfrog EN
- Raorchestes signatus Cross-backed Bush Frog EN
- Raorchestes sushili Sushil's Bush Frog EN
- Raorchestes thodai Thoda bush frog DD
- Raorchestes tinniens Spotted Bush Frog EN
- Rhacophorus lateralis winged gliding frog VU
- Rhacophorus malabaricus Malabar Gliding Frog
- Rhacophorus pseudomalabaricus False Malabar Gliding Frog VU
- Sphaerotheca breviceps Indian Burrowing Frog
- Sphaerotheca pluvialis DD
- Sphaerotheca rolandae Marbled Sand Frog
- Tamixalus calcadensis
- Uperodon anamalaiensis Anamalai Dot Frog
- 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 gansi Gansi Caecilian DD
- Uraeotyphlus malabaricus Malabar Caecilian DD
- Uraeotyphlus oxyurus Red Caecilian DD
- Walkerana diplosticta NT
- Walkerana leptodactyla VU
- Walkerana phrynoderma EN
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Other species of Tamil Nadu
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