Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference

Rana chitwanensis Das, 1998, J. Herpetol., 32: 224. Holotype: USNM 266837, by original designation. Type locality: "seven km SSE Kasara, Royal Chitwan National Park (27°30′ N; 84°20′ E), Nepal".

Rana (Sylvirana) chitwanensis — Anders, 2002, in Schleich and Kästle (eds.), Amph. Rept. Nepal: 293.

Hylarana chitwaensis — Chen, Murphy, Lathrop, Ngo, Orlov, Ho, and Somorjai, 2005, Herpetol. J., 15: 237. by implication; Che, Pang, Zhao, Wu, Zhao, and Zhang, 2007, Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 43: 3; by implication.

Sylvirana chitwaensis — Frost, Grant, Faivovich, Bain, Haas, Haddad, de Sá, Channing, Wilkinson, Donnellan, Raxworthy, Campbell, Blotto, Moler, Drewes, Nussbaum, Lynch, Green, and Wheeler, 2006, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 297: 370. Fei, Ye, and Jiang, 2010, Herpetol. Sinica, 12: 34. See comment under Ranidae record.

English Names

Chitwan Frog (Schleich, Anders, and Kästle, 2002, in Schleich and Kästle (eds.), Amph. Rept. Nepal: 80).

Distribution

Terai region of Nepal; expected in adjacent India.

Comment

Anders, 2002, in Schleich and Kästle (eds.), Amph. Rept. Nepal: 291-293, provided an account for the Nepal population. Dubois, 2004, Alytes, 21: 175, noted that this species had previously been referred to Rana danieli and Rana nigrovittata. See statement of geographic range, habitat, and conservation status (as Rana chitwaensis) in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 632. See Shah and Tiwari, 2004, Herpetofauna Nepal: 69, for brief account (as Rana chitwaensis).

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