#doughnut frog

Purple Frog

(Nasikabatrachus sahyadrensis)

also known as the pignose frog or doughnut frog. is a frog species of the family Sooglossidae and can be found in a select part of India called the Western Ghats. they are fairly derpy looking as they are rounded and dorsoventrally flattened  their legs are splayed out more than other frogs, their head is small and it has a pointed snout and adults are a purple color giving them their name. they spend most of their live underground only surfacing during monsoon season for mating. this species is a living fossil and is the only member of a group of amphibians that evolved some 130 mya (similar to the coelacanth).

Phylogeny