Odorrana mawphlangensis (Pillai and Chanda, 1977)
Rana mawphlangensis Pillai and Chanda, 1977, J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc., 74: 138. Holotype: ZSIC A6979 (formerly ZSI-M V/ERS 803) according to Chanda, Das, and Dubois, 2001 "2000", Hamadryad, 25: 110. Type locality: "stream at Mawphlang (Alt. 1535 m), Khasi Hills", Assam, India.
Limnonectes (Bourretia) mawphlangensis — Dubois, 1987 "1986", Alytes, 5: 62.
Limnonectes (Elachyglossa) mawphlangensis — Ohler and Dubois, 1999, Zool. Scripta, 23: 276.
Odorrana mawphlangensis — Mahony, 2008, Hamadryad, 33: 1.
English Names
Mawphlang Wart Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 100).
Mawphlang Frog (Das and Dutta, 1998, Hamadryad, 23: 65; Dinesh, Radhakrishnan, Gururaja, and Bhatta, 2009, Rec. Zool. Surv. India, Occas. Pap., 302: 82).
Hill Stream Frog (Chanda, 2002, Handb. Indian Amph.: 127).
Mawphlang Odorous Frog (Ahmed, Das, and Dutta, 2009, Amph. Rept. NE India: 44).
Distribution
Meghalaya, West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, and Manipur, northeastern India.
Comment
See Chanda, 1990, J. Bengal Nat. Hist. Soc., N.S.,, 9: 44-48. Chanda, 2002, Handb. Indian Amph.: 127, provided a brief account (as Rana mawphlangensis). Sarkar, Biswas, and Ray, 1992, State Fauna Ser., 3: 81, provided a brief account for West Bengal, India. Dutta, 1997, Amph. India Sri Lanka: 136, provided range and partial taxonomic bibliography. Ao, Bordoloi, and Ohler, 2003, Zoos' Print J., 18: 1117-1125, provided a specific locality for Nagaland, northeastern India. Sarkar and Ray, 2006, In Alfred (ed.), Fauna of Arunachal Pradesh, Part 1: 294-295, noted the species in Arunachal Pradesh, northeastern India. Devi and Shamungou, 2006, J. Exp. Zool. India, 9: 317-324, provided a record for Manipur, northeastern India. Mahony, 2008, Hamadryad, 33: 1-12, transferred the species to Odorrana and suggested that it might be conspecific with Odorrana grahami. Ahmed, Das, and Dutta, 2009, Amph. Rept. NE India: 44, provided a brief account for northeastern India. Mathew and Sen, 2010, Pict. Guide Amph. NE India: 40-41, provided a brief characterization and photographs, as Limnonectes mawphlangensis.
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