What is Purple frog?
{{Speciesbox | name = Purple frog | status = EN | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name=IUCN>{{Cite journal | author = S.D. Biju | title = ''Nasikabatrachus sahyadrensis'' | journal = [[The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species]] | volume = 2004 | page = e.T58051A11722468 | date = 2004 | doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T58051A11722468.en }}</ref> |image=Purple frog mating by Nihal Jabin.jpg | image_caption = ''Nasikabatrachus sahyadrensis'' | image_alt=Nasikabatrachus sahyadrensis | image2 = Vocal-Behavior-of-the-Elusive-Purple-Frog-of-India-(Nasikabatrachus-sahyadrensis)-a-Fossorial-pone.0084809.s001.oga | image2_caption = Calls of ''Nasikabatrachus sahyadrensis'' |genus=Nasikabatrachus | species=sahyadrensis |authority = [[Sathyabhama Das Biju|Biju]] & Bossuyt, 2003 | range_map = Distribution Map of Nasikabatrachus.jpg | range_map_caption = Distribution range of ''Nasikabatrachus sahyadrensis'' (in ORANGE) }} The '''purple frog''' (''Nasikabatrachus sahyadrensis'') also called the mahabali frog, is a [[frog]] species in the family [[Sooglossidae]].<ref>Frost, Darrel R. 2006. Amphibian Species of the World: an online reference. Version 4.0 (17 August 2006). Electronic Database [http://research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia/index.php]. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA.</ref> It lives in the [[Ghats|Western Ghats]] also some parts of kerala in [[India]]. Common names for this species are '''Indian purple frog''', '''pignose frog''' or '''doughnut frog, Mahabali frog'''. It was discovered by S.D. Biju and F. Bossyut in October 2003. This frog's body is shaped similarly to that of most [[frogs]]. It is somewhat rounded. It has a small head and an unusual pointed snout. Adults are typically dark [[purple]] in color. Its cry sounds more like one from a [[chicken]]. The frog spends most of the year underground. It comes out only for about two weeks, during the [[monsoon]]. This is to mate. Unlike many other digging species of frogs that feed above the ground, this species eats unde