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Nasikabatrachus sahyadrensis is a relatively large burrowing frog with a distinct, bloated appearance. The head is small and short in comparison with the rest of the body and the snout ends in a white, knob-like protrusion. Eyes are small with a prominent upper eyelid and a lower eyelid consisting of a small skinfold. Both forelimbs and hindlimbs are splayed out in standard frog body form, and are short with hard palms, rounded fingertips, and barely webbed fingers. Each hindfoot posses a large, white shovel-like metatarsal (fancy for ‘toe’) used for digging. This species has smooth, black skin that fades into gray, adults are typically dark purple in color. It’s cry sounds like a chicken. Brawk brawk brawk.

The purple frog appears to be indigenous to the Western Ghat Mountains of southern India. Most recently the frog has been found 3 feet underground, while excavating pits in a cleared area of disturbed forest habitat, on a rubber plantation. Two specimens were found at this locality, in subsequent years, during monsoon season (July and August). The habitat consisted of cocoa and coffee plants on the hilltops, and rubber plants on the slopes, with forest loam on the soil surface and red soil underneath, and a barely running stream.

Little has been published about the life history of Nasikabatrachus sahyadrensis. Anecdotal reports from plantation workers who have uncovered this frog during excavations in monsoon season suggest that individual frogs are seen in the vicinity of pools, and side pools of streams with increasing water flow, sometimes amplexing (that’s fancy for frog mating with frog cuddles). They are rarely seen but sightings are more likely at the beginning of monsoon season, in July. The frog spends most of the year underground, surfacing only for about two weeks, during the monsoon, for purposes of mating. The frog's reclusive lifestyle is what caused the species to escape earlier notice by biologists.

A captured specimen was reported to be able to dig itself into loose soil within 3-5 minutes. When placed on a pebbled gravel surface within an open, dry streambed, the frog tried to escape with stretching movements (not hopping). The pointed snout is touch-sensitive. In captivity, the frog used its hindlimbs for burrowing. During five months of captivity, the frog did not emerge from the soil, even at night, although it moved about underneath the soil. Given the hard-knobbed snout and small ventral mouth, this species is likely to be a completely underground feeder specializing in termites. Yum.

In Sanskrit, nasika means "nose" and batrachus means "frog," while Sahyadri refers to the location where this species is found (the Western Ghats, also known as the Sahyadri Mountains, a low-lying mountain range along the west coast of the Indian subcontinent).

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