Raorchestes griet (Bossuyt, 2002)
Philautus griet Bossuyt, 2002, J. Herpetol., 36: 657. Holotype: IRSNB 1918, by original designation; corrected to IRSNB 1919, by Biju and Bossuyt, 2009, Zool. J. Linn. Soc., 155: 416. Type locality: "Munnar (10° 05′ N, 77° 03′ E), altitude approximately 1500 m, Kerala, Western Ghats, India".
Pseudophilautus griet — Li, Che, Murphy, Zhao, Zhao, Rao, and Zhang, 2009, Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 53: 519.
Raorchestes griet — Biju, Shouche, Dubois, Dutta, and Bossuyt, 2010, Curr. Sci., Bangalore, 98: 1120. By implication.
English Names
Griet Bush Frog (Dinesh, Radhakrishnan, Gururaja, and Bhatta, 2009, Rec. Zool. Surv. India, Occas. Pap., 302: 101).
Distribution
Western Ghats south of Palghat Gap in Kerala (Devikulam, Munnar, and Vagaman) and Tamil Nadu (Valparai), India.
Comment
The sister taxon of Pseudophilautus charius (as Philautus) according to the original publication. See comment under Pseudophilautus ochlandrae. 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: 524. Biju and Bossuyt, 2009, Zool. J. Linn. Soc., 155: 374-444 [415-416] provided an account, distribution map, and discussed relationships.
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