Micrixalus nudis Pillai, 1978
Micrixalus nudis Pillai, 1978, Proc. Indian Acad. Sci., Ser. B, 87: 173. Holotype: ZSI-SRS VA/771 according to Chanda, Das, and Dubois, 2001 "2000", Hamadryad, 25: 107. Type locality: "forest brook, 8 km north of Forest Rest House, Chedleth, Kurichiat Reserve Forest, Wynad", Kerala, India.
English Names
Kerala Tropical Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 102).
Naked torrent Frog (Das and Dutta, 1998, Hamadryad, 23: 65; Dinesh, Radhakrishnan, Gururaja, and Bhatta, 2009, Rec. Zool. Surv. India, Occas. Pap., 302: 47).
Pillai's Tropical Frog (Chanda, 2002, Handb. Indian Amph.: 58).
Distribution
Southern Western Ghats of Karnataka, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu, India, ca. 800 m elevation.
Comment
See brief accounts by Inger, Shaffer, Koshy, and Bakde, 1984, J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc., 81: 412, and Chanda, 2002, Handb. Indian Amph.: 58-60. Aravind, 2003 "2002", Hamadryad, 27: 145-146, reported the species from Karnataka and discussed the distribution. Daniels, 2005, Amph. Peninsular India: 214-215, provided an account. 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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