Indirana Laurent, 1986
Indirana Laurent, 1986, in Grassé and Delsol (eds.), Traite de Zool., 14: 761. Type species: Polypedates beddomii Günther, 1875, by original designation.
Ranixalus Dubois, 1986 "1985", Alytes, 4: 114. Type species: Ranixalus gundia Dubois, 1986 "1985", by original designation. Synonymy by Dubois, 1987 "1986", Alytes, 5: 175-176.
English Names
Indian Frogs (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 99).
Distribution
Central and southern India.
Comment
Includes the former mainland members of the subgenus Discodeles of Boulenger, 1920, Rec. Indian Mus., 20: 1-116. See Daniel and Sekar, 1989, J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc., 86: 194-202, for key to species (as Discodeles) in western India. Suggested to be closely related to Micrixalus by Inger and Dutta, 1987 "1986", J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc., 83 (Suppl.): 141.
Contained taxa
- Indirana beddomii (Günther, 1876)
- Indirana brachytarsus (Günther, 1876)
- Indirana diplosticta (Günther, 1876)
- Indirana gundia (Dubois, 1986)
- Indirana leithii (Boulenger, 1888)
- Indirana leptodactyla (Boulenger, 1882)
- Indirana longicrus (Rao, 1937)
- Indirana phrynoderma (Boulenger, 1882)
- Indirana semipalmata (Boulenger, 1882)
- Indirana tenuilingua (Rao, 1937)
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