Malabar Gliding Frog.

The eggs of the Malabar Gliding Frog are laid above pools of water, in a heap of foam.  When the tadpoles hatch out they drop into the water and start swimming immediately.   As the tadpoles develop legs, they start climbing out of the water.

Here they develop to adult frogs.  They can glide down from the trees and break its fall by stretching the webbing between its toes when making leaps down from the treetops. It can make gliding jumps of 9–12 m, a maximum of about 115 times its length.  

The Malabar Gliding Frog is a tree frog species found in the Western Ghats of India.  These pictures are from Amboli, near Sawantwadi where we had gone on a Macro shooting expedition with mentor, Amit Rane from DCP Expeditions.   Since frogs are best seen at night and in the monsoons we were in Amboli at the height of the rainy season battling leeches and pouring rain!

But the pictures we got were well worth all the trouble!

This frog has a body length of about 10 cm (4 in), making it one of the largest moss frogs.   The webbing between fingers and toes is large and orange-red.