Raorchestes akroparallagi (Biju and Bossuyt, 2009)
Philautus akroparallagi Biju and Bossuyt, 2009, Zool. J. Linn. Soc., 155: 379. Holotype: BNHS 4387, by original designation. Type locality: "Ponmudi, Thiruvananthapuram District, Kerala, India".
Pseudophilautus akroparallagi — Li, Che, Murphy, Zhao, Zhao, Rao, and Zhang, 2009, Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 53: 519. Provisional change by implication.
Raorchestes akroparallagi — Biju, Shouche, Dubois, Dutta, and Bossuyt, 2010, Curr. Sci., Bangalore, 98: 1120. By implication.
English Names
Variable Bush Frog (Dinesh, Radhakrishnan, Gururaja, and Bhatta, 2009, Rec. Zool. Surv. India, Occas. Pap., 302: 92).
Distribution
Known in the Western Ghats from Athirimala, Bonakkad, Chathankod, Ponmudi, Kalpetta, Mananthavady, and Sulthanbathery (Kerala), and Kannikatti (Tamil Nadu), India.
Comment
Confused with Raorchestes femoralis and Raorchestes glandulosus (both as Philautus) prior to its naming according to the original publication.
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