[1] Scientists first observed this frog was a Kadalar tea farm in the Western Ghat mountains.

This frog breeds through direct development with no free-swimming tadpole stage.

[1] Scientists classify this frog as near threatened because about half the estimate population lives in protected parks: Srivilliputhur Wildlife Sanctuary, Meghamalai Wildlife Sanctuary, and Anamalai Tiger Reserve.

Scientists cite climate change as a possible threat to this frog.

Because it lives at high altitudes, it cannot simply migrate north if its habitat should become too warm or dry.