Indirana semipalmata is a species of frog endemic to the Western Ghats region of southern India.

It possesses vomerine teeth with two slightly oblique oval groups just behind the level of the rear edge of the choanae.

If the hind limbs are stretched forward the length of the body, the tibiotarsal ("ankle") articulation reaches the snout.

[3] The skin of Indirana semipalmata has short longitudinal glandular folds on the back; while on the bottom surface, it is smooth .

In 1986, the Belgian zoologist Raymond Ferdinand Laurent separated it, along with other closely related species from India, to the genus Indirana.

[1] They have been recorded in at least ten localities – Malabar, Pulloorampara, Kodaikanal, Idukki, Parambikulam, Kalakkad, Siruvani, Shringeri, Agumbe, and Kudremukh.

[1] I. semipalmata breeds and lays clutches of eggs on wet rocks and the bark of fallen trees during the monsoon season.

[1][6] In a study in 2010 in the Agumbe Rainforest Research Station (ARRS), Karnataka, India, the eggs had an average diameter of 2.7 mm (0.11 in).

[9] Upon hatching, the tadpoles remain on the moist surfaces, undergoing metamorphosis without ever entering any standing bodies of water.

[8] The tadpoles have finless tails and strongly hooked beaks which enable them to skip along hard surfaces rather than swim.