Hylarana Temporalis - Physical Characteristics

Physical Characteristics

Vomerine teeth are present in two oblique series that extend beyond the level of the hinder edge of the choanae. Head is depressed and triangular, snout subacuminate and prominent. The canthus rostralis is angular and loreal region nearly vertical and strongly concave. The Inter-orbital space is broad as the upper eyelid or rather broader in some cases. The tympanum is very distinct which is as large as the eye but sometimes a little smaller.

Fingers are moderate wherein the first extends beyond the second. Toes are almost entirely webbed. Tips of fingers and toes are dilated into well- developed disks. Subarticular tubercles are well developed while the inner metatarsal tubercle is oval and blunt with a small round, outer metatarsal tubercle and no tarsal fold. The tibio-tarsal articulation reaches the nostril to the tip of the snout and sometimes a little beyond it.

The skin of the individuals are smooth or finely granulate above with a narrow glandular lateral fold. While the dorsal regions are brown coloured, loreal and temporal regions, and sometimes also the sides of the body are dark brown in colour. A white labial band can also be seen. Limbs have dark cross bands. The ventral parts are typically white with the throat and breast more or less speckled with brown spots. Males have internal vocal sacs and an oval flat gland on the inner side of the arm. Males also have a strong pad on the inner side of the first finger, covered during the breeding season with a greyish brown velvet-like horny layer.