Unfortunately our trip didn't quite go to plan as were were refused entry to most national parks because we were Western and the correct permissions hadn't been arranged. We did get a couple of days of herping in at the end though and found quite a number of our India targets.
We also did find a number of Cnemaspis which look promising to be a new species (not hard in the Western Ghats).
You probably aren't supposed to say this but all up I found India to be an extremely frustrating country to travel to. I enjoyed it the least out of the countries we were able to visit on our 3 months herping/volunteering overseas. I'm keen to hear of other peoples experiences who have traveled through this area.
We did manage to meet some amazing locals though who were extremely hospitable and really made the trip worth it!
Anyway here's some photos.

Our target genus.
Our first stop was Ooty, a picturesque (but absolutely freezing) town in the mountains of the Nilgiris. We met up with a local, Nitesh, who was kind enough to show us around.




We did a bit more driving around the Western Ghats, being denied entry to various areas so I'll skip ahead to Amboli.

Except for this cool guy from Silent Valley.



When we went to photograph the frogs of Amboli we found a large male Gaur standing in the stream. No frogs for us

By far my favourite area we visited was the Kaas Plateau.







In the end we did find some cool species but I think our next trip to India will be on our own terms
