Indirana leptodactyla (Boulenger, 1882)
Polypedates brevipalmatus Günther, 1876 "1875", Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1875: 572. Syntypes: BMNH (several specimens), by original designation. Type locality: "Malabar" and "Anamallays" (= Anamallais), India. Secondary homonym of Rana brevipalmata Peters, 1871.
Rana leptodactyla Boulenger, 1882, Cat. Batr. Sal. Coll. Brit. Mus., Ed. 2: 57. Replacement name for Polypedates brevipalmatus Günther, 1987 "1875". Subsequently confused by Boulenger, 1920, Rec. Indian Mus., 20: 118.
Rana (Discodeles) leptodactyla — Boulenger, 1920, Rec. Indian Mus., 20: 98.
Indirana leptodactyla — Laurent, 1986, in Grassé and Delsol (eds.), Traite de Zool., 14: 761.
Ranixalus leptodactylus — Dubois, 1987 "1986", Alytes, 5: 69.
Indirana leptodactyla — Dubois, 1987 "1986", Alytes, 5: 175-176.
Rana (Discodeles) leptodactyla — Daniel and Sekar, 1989, J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc., 86: 194.
English Names
Boulenger's 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: 86).
Long-toed Frog (Das and Dutta, 1998, Hamadryad, 23: 64).
Thin-limbed Frog (Chanda, 2002, Handb. Indian Amph.: 120).
Distribution
Southern Western Ghats of southern India; known from Agasthyamala Hills, Kalakkad-Mundanthuai, Athirimala, Periyar Tiger Reserve, and Eravikulam National Park in Kerala, and the Anamalai Hills of Parambikulam and Indira Gandi National Park in Kerala and Tamil Nadu, above 800 m elevation.
Comment
See account by Boulenger, 1920, Rec. Indian Mus., 20: 118. Biju, 2001, Occas. Publ. Indian Soc. Conserv. Biol., 1: 15, suggested that that at least one undescribed species in the Western Ghats had been referred to this taxon. Chanda, 2002, Handb. Indian Amph.: 120-121, provided a brief account (as Rana leptodactyla). Dutta, 1997, Amph. India Sri Lanka: 123-124, provided range, systematic comments, and a taxonomic bibliography. 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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