Micrixalus kottigeharensis (Rao, 1937)
Philautus kottigeharensis Rao, 1937, Proc. Indian Acad. Sci., Ser. B, 6: 408. Holotype: CCB; now lost according to Dubois, 1984, Alytes, 3: 157. Type locality: "Kottigehar, Kadur", Karnataka, India.
Micrixalus kottigeharensis — Bossuyt and Dubois, 2001, Zeylanica, 6: 49.
English Names
Kottigehar Bubble-nest Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 112).
Kottigehar Bush Frog (Das and Dutta, 1998, Hamadryad, 23: 66).
Kottigehar Torrent Frog (Dinesh, Radhakrishnan, Gururaja, and Bhatta, 2009, Rec. Zool. Surv. India, Occas. Pap., 302: 46).
Distribution
Known only from the type locality (Kottigehar, Karnataka) in the Western Ghats of India, ca. 1000 m elevation.
Comment
Chanda, 2002, Handb. Indian Amph.: 158, provided a brief account (as Philautus kottigeharensis). 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: 485.
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