Micrixalus saxicola (Jerdon, 1854)
Polypedates saxicola Jerdon, 1854 "1853", J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 22: 533. Type(s): Not stated although presumably originally in ZSIC; reported as lost by Jerdon, 1870, Proc. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 1870: 67; syntypes are in ZSIC according to Bossuyt and Dubois, 2001, Zeylanica, 6: 16, but not mentioned in type list by Chanda, Das, and Dubois, 2001 "2000", Hamadryad, 25. The specimens from Malabar purchased from Jerdon and reported by Boulenger, 1882, Cat. Batr. Sal. Coll. Brit. Mus., Ed. 2: 97, should be evaluated as to their status as possible types—DRF. Type locality: "on rocks in shady mountain streams in Malabar and Wynaad", South India.
Ixalus saxicola — Boulenger, 1882, Cat. Batr. Sal. Coll. Brit. Mus., Ed. 2: 97.
Micrixalus saxicola — Boulenger, 1888, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1888: 205.
English Names
Malabar Tropical Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 102).
Small Torrent Frog (Das and Dutta, 1998, Hamadryad, 23: 65; Dinesh, Radhakrishnan, Gururaja, and Bhatta, 2009, Rec. Zool. Surv. India, Occas. Pap., 302: 48).
Jerdon's Olive-brown Frog (Chanda, 2002, Handb. Indian Amph.: 62; Daniels, 2005, Amph. Peninsular India: 217).
Black Torrent Frog (Daniels, 2005, Amph. Peninsular India: 217).
Distribution
Western Ghats of Kerala and Karnataka, South India, 400-1400 m elevation.
Comment
See brief account by Chanda, 2002, Handb. Indian Amph.: 62, and account by Daniels, 2005, Amph. Peninsular India: 217-218. 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: 486.
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