Malabar tree toad.

• Malabar Tree toad found in Mollem National Park.
  • Mollem National Park is located in Sanguem taluk in Goa close to the border with Karnataka.
  • This park also has several temples dating back to the Kadamba Dynasty.

About Malabar tree toad

• It is a small species found in a forest along the Western Ghats in wet hollows.
• It is believed to be the only toad to dwell on high canopies.
• Conservation IUCN status: Endangered.
• It finds mention in the updated checklist on Indian Amphibians released by the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI).