Nasikabatrachus sahyadrensis Biju and Bossuyt, 2003
Nasikabatrachus sahyadrensis Biju and Bossuyt, 2003, Nature, 425: 711. Holotype: BNHM 4202, by original designation. Type locality: "Disturbed secondary forest near a dardamom plantation at Kattappana (09° 45′ N, 77° 05′ E), altitude approximately 900 m), Idukki district, Kerala, Western Ghats, India".
English Names
None noted.
Distribution
Western Ghats of Kerala and Tamil Nadu, India.
Comment
Das, 2007, Herpetol. Rev., 38: 291-292, noted several publications dealing with this species long prior to its naming. Radhakrishnan, Gopi, and Palot, 2007, Curr. Sci., Bangalore, 92: 213-216, provided range extensions in Tamil Nadu and Kerala in the Western Ghats and discussed specific localities. 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: 467, who suggested that this name covers unnamed species. Zachariah, Abraham, Das, Jayan, and Altig, 2012, Zootaxa, 3510: 53-64, reported on life history and larval development. Raj, Vasudevan, Deepak, Sharma, Singh, Aggarwal, and Dutta, 2012, Zootaxa, 3510: 65-76, reported on larval morphology and ontogeny.
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