Micrixalus saxicola (Jerdon, 1853) Wayanad Dancing Frog	family: Micrixalidae genus: Micrixalus
Species Description: Jerdon, T. C. (1853). "Catalogue of reptiles inhabiting the Peninsula of India." Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 22: 522–534.

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Locality	Kathalekan
County
State	Karnataka
Country	India
Date Recorded	2006-10-15
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Background	stream flow
Notes	Foot flagging in a torrent frog, Micrixalus saxicola, an endemic and ancient frog from the Western Ghats, India. This diurnal foot flagging behaviour is comparable to Hylodes asper (Hödl et al. 1997; Haddad & Giaretta, 1999), H. dactylocinus (Narvaes, 1997; Pavan et al. 2000; Narvaes & Rodrigues, 2005), Taudactylus eungellensis (Winter & McDonald, 1986), Staurois guttatus (Grafe & Wanger, 2007), S. parvus (Harding, 1982; Malkmus, 1989, 1992) and S. latopalmatus (Davison, 1984; Preininger et al. 2009). References: Davison, G. W. H. (1984) Foot-flagging display in Bornean frogs. The Sarawak Museum Journal. 33, 177-178. Grafe, T.U. & Wanger, T.C. (2007) Multimodal signaling in a foot-flagging frog. Ethology. 113, 772-781. Haddad, C.F.B. & Giaretta, A.A. (1999) Visual and acoustic communication in the Brazilian torrent frog, Hylodes asper (Anura: Leptodactylidae). Herpetologica. 55, 324-333. Harding, K.A. (1982) Courtship display in a Bornean frog. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 95, 621-624. Hödl, W, Rodrigues, M.T., Accaeio, G.M., Lara, P.H., Schiesari, L. & Skuk, G. (1997) Foot-flagging display in the Brazilian stream breeding frog Hylodes asper (Leptodactylidae). Scientific film, Ctf 2703 ÖWF Vienna, Austria. Malkmus, R. (1989) Herpetologische Beobachtungen am Mount Kinabalu, Nord Borneo II. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin. 65, 179-200. Malkmus, R. (1992) Herpetologische Beobachtungen am Mount Kinabalu, Nord-Borneo III. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin. 68, 101-138. Narvaes, P. (1997) Comportamento territorial e reprodutivo de uma nova espécie de Hylodes (Amphibia, Anura, Leptodactylidae) da mata Atlántica do sudeste do Brasil. MSc Thesis, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo. Narvaes, P. & Rodrigues, M.T. (2005) Visual communication, reproductive behavior, and home range of Hylodes dactylocinus (Anura, Leptodactylidae). Phyllomedusa. 4, 147-158. Pavan, D., Narvaes, P. & Rodrigues, M.T. (2000) A new species of leptodactylid frog from the Atlantic forest of southeastern Brazil with notes on the status and on the speciation of the Hylodes species groups. Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia, São Paulo. 41, 405-423. Preininger, D., Böckle, M. & Hödl, W. (2009) Communication in noisy environment II. Visual signaling behavior of male foot-flagging frogs Staurois latopalmatus. Herpetologica. 65, 166-173. Winter, J. & McDonald, K. (1986) Eungella: The land of the cloud. Australian Natural History. 22, 39-43.
Recorded By	Gururaja KV
Source	Sony DSC H2
Copyright	Gururaja KV
Date Entered	2010-09-20

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Locality	Kathalekan
County
State	Karnataka
Country	India
Date Recorded	2009-09-16
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Temperature Type
Background	stream flow
Notes	Amplected pair of Micrixalus saxicola oviposition. Female individual digging an aquatic subterranean chamber.
Recorded By	Gururaja KV
Source	Sony DSC H2
Copyright	Gururaja KV
Date Entered	2010-09-20

(2637.7 K WMV file)
Locality	Kathalekan
County
State	Karnataka
Country	India
Date Recorded	2009-09-16
Call Type
Temperature (F/C)
Temperature Type
Background	stream flow
Notes	Female individual concealing an underwater subterranean cavity after laying eggs in it.
Recorded By	Gururaja KV
Source	Sony DSC H2
Copyright	Gururaja KV
Date Entered	2010-09-20

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