Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference

Rana leithii Boulenger, 1888, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 6, 2: 506. Holotype: BMNH, by original designation. Type locality: "Matheran, Bombay", India.

Rana (Discodeles) leithii — Boulenger, 1918, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 9, 1: 238.

Indirana leithii — Laurent, 1986, in Grassé and Delsol (eds.), Traite de Zool., 14: 761.

Ranixalus leithii — Dubois, 1987 "1986", Alytes, 5: 69.

Indirana leithii — Dubois, 1987 "1986", Alytes, 5: 175-176. by implication.

Rana (Discodeles) leithii — Daniel and Sekar, 1989, J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc., 86: 194.

English Names

Matheran Indian Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 99; Dinesh, Radhakrishnan, Gururaja, and Bhatta, 2009, Rec. Zool. Surv. India, Occas. Pap., 302: 85).

Leith's Frog (Das and Dutta, 1998, Hamadryad, 23: 64).

Boulenger's Brown Frog (Chanda, 2002, Handb. Indian Amph.: 119).

Leith's Leaping Frog (Daniels, 2005, Amph. Peninsular India: 197).

Distribution

Western Ghats from Kasara Ghats near Bombay (Maharashtra), southward to central Kerala; Bastar District, Madhya Pradesh, India.

Comment

See account by Boulenger, 1920, Rec. Indian Mus., 20: 116; and record by Daniel and Shull, 1964 "1963", J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc., 60: 743. Biju, 2001, Occas. Publ. Indian Soc. Conserv. Biol., 1: 15, noted that the range of the species does not include the type locality. Chanda, 2002, Handb. Indian Amph.: 119-120, provided a brief account (as Rana leithii). Dutta, 1997, Amph. India Sri Lanka: 123, provided range and a taxonomic bibliography. Daniels, 2005, Amph. Peninsular India: 197-199, provided an account. 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: 480.

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