Chirixalus simus

{{Short description|Species of amphibian}}

{{Speciesbox

| image = Assam tree frog, Barprta, Assam, India.jpg

| image_caption = Assam tree frog from Barpeta, Assam, India

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Sushil Dutta, Saibal Sengupta, Pranabes Sanyal, Ghazi S.M. Asmat |date=2004 |title=Chirixalus simus |volume=2004 |page=e.T58796A11831499 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T58796A11831499.en |access-date=17 November 2021}}

| taxon = Chirixalus simus

| authority = Annandale, 1915

| synonyms = * Chiromantis simus (Annandale, 1915)

}}

Chirixalus simus, commonly known as Assam Asian frog, Assam tree frog, Annandale's tree frog, and Annandale's pigmy tree frog, is a species of frog in the family Rhacophoridae found in Bangladesh and north-eastern India (in Assam, Mizoram, and West Bengal states).{{Cite web|title=Chirixalus simus Annandale, 1915 {{!}} Amphibian Species of the World|url=https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/Amphibia/Anura/Rhacophoridae/Rhacophorinae/Chirixalus/Chirixalus-simus|website=amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org|access-date=2020-05-14}} Among other places, it has been recorded from Rajpur in the South 24 Parganas district and in the Darrang district of Assam.Soud, Rakesh, R Das and K Deuti (2007) Range extension of Chirixalus simus Annandale 1915 (Anura: Rhacophoridae). J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 104(2):224-225

Habitat

Chirixalus simus is a reasonably abundant species. They are arboreal frogs associated with scrub forest habitats. They breed in pools, with eggs deposited on vegetation.

Description

File:Chiromantis simus in Annandale 1915.jpg

Chirixalus simus are small frogs that grow to a snout-vent length of {{convert|19|-|23|mm|abbr=on}} in males and about {{convert|27|mm|abbr=on}} in females. Male frogs call from grasses about 1 metre above the water. They make foam nests that hang above the water.{{cite journal |last1=Deuti |first1=K. |author2=S. Biswas |author3=M. F. Ahmed |author4=S. K. Dutta |year=2000 |title=Rediscovery of Chirixalus simus Annandale, 1915 (Anura: Rhacophoridae) from Assam and West Bengal, eastern India |journal=Hamadryad |volume=25 |pages=215–217 |url=http://home.gwu.edu/~sayantan/Deuti%20et%20al.,%202000.pdf |access-date=2013-11-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060905174227/http://home.gwu.edu/~sayantan/Deuti%20et%20al.,%202000.pdf |archive-date=2006-09-05 |url-status=dead }}

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