Zakerana nilagirica (Jerdon, 1854)
Rana nilagirica Jerdon, 1854 "1853", J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 22: 522-534. Type(s): Originally in ZSIC; reported as lost by Jerdon, 1870, Proc. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 1870: 67; nevertheless because Dubois thought that the specimens were extant and because the ZSIC did not allow external use of these specimens, MNHNP 1984.2340 was designated neotype by Dubois, 1984, Alytes, 3: 149. Type locality: "marshes in the Wynaad and Neelgherries", South India; restricted by neotype designation to "Governor Shola, à 4 km d'Udhagamangalam en direction de Porthimund, Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu, Inde" by Dubois, 1984, Alytes, 3: 149.
Rana limnocharis nilagirica — Annandale, 1917, Mem. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 6: 134.
Rana (Fejervarya) nilagirica — Dubois, 1984, Alytes, 3: 149.
Euphlyctis limnocharis nilagirica — Poynton and Broadley, 1985, Ann. Natal Mus., 27: 124. by implication.
Limnonectes (Fejervarya) nilagirica — Dubois, 1987 "1986", Alytes, 5: 61. Provisional placement in Fejervarya.
Fejervarya nilagiricus — Iskandar, 1998, Amph. Java Bali: 71. by implication; Dubois and Ohler, 2000, Alytes, 18: 35; Fei, Ye, Jiang, and Xie, 2002, Herpetol. Sinica, 9: 92.
Zakerana nilagirica — Howlader, 2011, Bangladesh Wildl. Bull., 5: 2.
English Names
Nilgiris Wart Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 100).
Nilgiri Frog (Das and Dutta, 1998, Hamadryad, 23: 65; Dinesh, Radhakrishnan, Gururaja, and Bhatta, 2009, Rec. Zool. Surv. India, Occas. Pap., 302: 20).
Distribution
Wynaad (Kerala) and Nilgiri Hills (Tamil Nadu), southern Western Ghats of India, 800-1600 m elevation.
Comment
Resurrected from synonymy of Fejervarya limnocharis by Dubois, 1984, Alytes, 3: 149 (as Rana limnocharis), where it had been placed by Boulenger, 1920, Rec. Indian Mus., 20: 28 (considered a junior synonym of Rana gracilis by Boulenger, 1882, Cat. Batr. Sal. Coll. Brit. Mus., Ed. 2: 28). See comment under Fejervarya brevipalmata and Fejervarya mysorensis. Considered a junior synonym of Rana kuhlii by Theobald, 1868, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 37: 80. Dutta, 1997, Amph. India Sri Lanka: 132-133, provided range and systematic comments. Kotaki, Kurabayashi, Matsui, Khonsue, Djong, Tandon, and Sumida, 2008, Zool. Sci., Tokyo, 25: 381-390, considered this species to be in their Fejervarya syhadrensis group. See photograph, map, description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 479.
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