Recently, the Karnataka Forest, Ecology and Environment Department signed the orders and declared Malabar Tree Toad (Malenadina Mara Gantikappe) as the state amphibian.
About Malabar Tree Toad:
It is the only species in the monotypic genus Pedostibes.
It is locally known as Malenadina Mara Gantikappe or Petu.
Habitat: It can be found along streams, on trees, and in tree cavities and in evergreen tomoist deciduous forests at an altitude ranging from 50 m to over 1000 m above sea level.
Distribution: It is endemic to India’s Western Ghats.
Characteristics:
It is the only arboreal species in India, having the unique capability to climb trees and dwell unlike the majority of the toads in the region that are ground-dwelling.
Breeding: It comes to the ground to breed in water pools at the edges of the streams generated during the monsoon.
Its breeding cycle is from March to June, before the onset of monsoon.
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