Raorchestes flaviventris (Boulenger, 1882)
Ixalus flaviventris Boulenger, 1882, Cat. Batr. Sal. Coll. Brit. Mus., Ed. 2: 105. Syntypes: BMNH 1947.2.27.2-7, 1947.2.26.94, 1947.2.27.1, 1947.2.26.98-99, according to Bossuyt and Dubois, 2001, Zeylanica, 6: 30, who designated BMNH 1947.2.26.98 as lectotype and described it on page 73-74. Type locality: "Malabar", India. Biju, 2001, Occas. Publ. Indian Soc. Conserv. Biol., 1: 8, noted the imprecision of this type locality.
Rhacophorus (Philautus) flaviventris — Ahl, 1931, Das Tierreich, 55: 78.
Philautus montanus Rao, 1937, Proc. Indian Acad. Sci., Ser. B, 6: 415. Holotype: CCB, now lost according to Dubois, 1984, Alytes, 3: 157. BMNH 1947.2.26.98 (formerly 1874.4.29.1202) designated neotype by Bossuyt and Dubois, 2001, Zeylanica, 6: 51. Type locality: "Hills of Kempholey, Hassan", Karnataka, India. Junior primary homonym of Philautus montanus Taylor, 1920. Synonymy by Bossuyt and Dubois, 2001, Zeylanica, 6: 51.
Philautus flaviventris — Gorham, 1974, Checklist World Amph.: 166. Inger in Frost, 1985, Amph. Species World: 528.
Philautus hassanensis Dutta, 1985, J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc., 82: 220. Replacement name for Philautus montanus Rao, 1937.
Philautus (Philautus) flaviventris — Bossuyt and Dubois, 2001, Zeylanica, 6: 30.
Pseudophilautus flaviventris — Li, Che, Murphy, Zhao, Zhao, Rao, and Zhang, 2009, Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 53: 519. Provisional change by implication.
Raorchestes flaviventris — Biju, Shouche, Dubois, Dutta, and Bossuyt, 2010, Curr. Sci., Bangalore, 98: 1120. By implication.
English Names
Malabar Bubble-nest Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 112).
Yellow-bellied Bush Frog (Das and Dutta, 1998, Hamadryad, 23: 66).
Dutta's Bubble-nest Frog (Philautus hassanensis [no longer recognized]: Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 112).
Hassan Bush Frog (Das and Dutta, 1998, Hamadryad, 23: 66 [as Philautus hassanensis: no longer recognized]; Dinesh, Radhakrishnan, Gururaja, and Bhatta, 2009, Rec. Zool. Surv. India, Occas. Pap., 302: 99).
Hassan Bush Frog (Dinesh, Radhakrishnan, Gururaja, and Bhatta, 2009, Rec. Zool. Surv. India, Occas. Pap., 302: 99).
Distribution
Known only from the original collection from "Malabar", and, if Philautus hassanensis is regarded as synonymous, Hassan, Karnataka, India.
Comment
Chanda, 2002, Handb. Indian Amph.: 155-156, provided a brief account (as Philautus flaviventris) and (as Philautus hassanensis) on page 157. Dutta, 1997, Amph. India Sri Lanka: 78, provided access to literature and range. Biju and Bossuyt, 2009, Zool. J. Linn. Soc., 155: 374-444 [413-414], provided an account, distribution map, and discussed relationships.
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