Torrent frog

Torrent frogs are a number of unrelated frogs that prefer to inhabit small rapid-flowing mountain or hill streams with a lot of torrents. They are generally smallish neobatrachians with a greyish-brown and usually darkly mottled back, giving them excellent camouflage among wet rocks overgrown with algae; their well-developed feet make them agile climbers of slippery rocks.

Javan torrent frog – Huia masonii, Ranidae, Indonesia

Torrent frogs belong to the following taxa:

• The "torrent frogs" of Asia are certain species in various ranoid genera: Amolops, Huia, Odorrana (all Ranidae), Micrixalus, (Micrixalidae) and Nanorana (Dicroglossidae).
• The "torrent frogs" of Africa are the genera Arthroleptides, Petropedetes (both family Petropedetidae) and Odontobatrachus (Odontobatrachidae), which are found in eastern Africa, central Africa and western Africa, respectively.^[1]
• The "torrent frogs" of Australia are the genus Taudactylus of the Australian ground frog family (Myobatrachidae).
• The torrent treefrog (Litoria nannotis) of Australia is in the tree frog family (Hylidae)

• 
  Black torrent frog
  Micrixalus saxicola
  Ranidae
  India
• 
  Eungella torrent frog
  Taudactylus eungellensis
  Myobatrachidae
  Australia
• 
  Torrent treefrog
  Litoria nannotis
  Hylidae
  Australia

See also

• Grass frog (disambiguation)
• Green frog (disambiguation)
• Rocket frog (disambiguation)
• Tree frog
• Torrent salamander

References

1. Barej, M. F.; Rödel, M. O.; Loader, S. P.; Menegon, M.; Gonwouo, N. L.; Penner, J.; Gvoždík, V. C.; Günther, R.; Bell, R. C.; Nagel, P.; Schmitz, A. (2014). "Light shines through the spindrift – Phylogeny of African torrent frogs (Amphibia, Anura, Petropedetidae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 71: 261–73. Bibcode:2014MolPE..71..261B. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2013.11.001. PMID 24239613.