Micrixalus (commonly known as dancing frogs, tropical frogs, and torrent frogs is a genus of frogs from that are endemic to the Western Ghats in India. They are critically endangered. The halo formed because of the water bubble behind the frog gives a sense that we are looking at some Angelic creature.
Dancing frogs are found in the vicinity of fast and slow moving perennial streams in the forests of the Western Ghats. Typical habitats include high altitude shola forests, wet evergreen forests, Myristica swamps, and secondary forests. Both the genus and the family are also known by the epithets “tropical frogs” and “torrent frogs”.

During the breeding season, male dancing frogs call from spots close to running water and display their prominent white vocal sacs. Males tap their hindfeet and extend it, subsequently stretching the foot outward and shaking it, both at prospective mates and rival males.