Subspecies in India
This is also known as the Kerala Stream Toad.
This species is listed as Vulnerable in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (https://www.iucnredlist.org/).
This species is listed as Vulnerable in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (https://www.iucnredlist.org/).Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Ghatophryne rubigina - Red Stream Toad
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This species is rare. It inhabits inland wetlands and tropical evergreen forests of southern Western Ghats of India (mainly Silent Valley and Wayanad in Kerala), at the heights ranging 1,000m - 1,200m asl.
Conservation Status:
This species is listed as Vulnerable in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (https://www.iucnredlist.org/).According to the IUCN Red List assessment, the population of this species is stable. Currently, the population size is unknown. The threat to this species is little known.
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S.D. Biju, Sushil Dutta, M.S. Ravichandran. 2004. Ghatophryne rubigina. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2004: e.T54481A11139184. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T54481A11139184.en. Accessed on 07 November 2020.
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Ghatophryne rubigina (Pillai & Pattabiraman, 1981) – Red Stream Toad. In Gosavi, N., A. Bayani, and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 1.05. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://indianamphibians.org/ghatophryne-rubigina, accessed 2025/04/23.