''Odorrana mawphlangensis'' is a species of frog in the family Ranidae. It is endemic to northeastern India, although its range might extend into Bhutan and Nepal. The type locality is

Mawphlang Mawphlang is a village in the East Khasi Hills district of Meghalaya state in north-eastern India, 25 kilometers from Shillong. The word ''maw'' means "stone", ''maw phlang'' means "grassy stone," and is one of many settlements in the Khasi hil ...

sacred forest in the Khasi Hills. Common names Mawphlang wart frog, Mawphlang frog, Mawphlang odorous frog, and hill stream frog have been coined for it.

Description

''Odorrana mawphlangensis'' are large frogs that grow to in snout–vent length. The body is elongated and dorsoventrally compressed. The head is as wide as it is long. The eyes are relatively large and have elliptically horizontal pupils. The tympanum is distinct. The limbs are long. The fingers are long and bear small discs. The toes are long, almost fully webbed, and bearing distinct discs. The dorsum has glandular warts and dorsolater glandular folds that run from behind the eye to the groin. Colouration is dorsally green to bronze-brown with brown circular spots. The lip has yellow to bronze-brown stripes. The lower jaw and the flanks have golden marbling or spotting. The ventrum is whitish.

Habitat and conservation

''Odorrana mawphlangensis'' is a semi-aquatic frog occurring near streams in tropical moist forests at elevations below

above sea level Height above mean sea level is a measure of the vertical distance (height, elevation or altitude) of a location in reference to a historic mean sea level taken as a vertical datum. In geodesy, it is formalized as ''orthometric heights''. The comb ...

, or in sub-tropical moist forests at elevations of , depending on the source. The threats to this poorly-known species are unknown.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q28027796, from2=Q2243457 mawphlangensis Frogs of India Endemic fauna of India Amphibians described in 1977 Taxonomy articles created by Polbot