Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference

Ixalus travancoricus Boulenger, 1891, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 6, 8: 291. Holotype: BMNH 1947.2.6.20 (formerly 1891.7.2.15) according to Inger in Frost, 1985, Amph. Species World: 532. Type locality: "Bodanaikanur [= Bedaraikanur = Bodinaikenur= Bodinayakanur], Travancore, at the foot of the hills on the eastern side", Tamil Nadu, India.

Rhacophorus (Philautus) travancoricus — Ahl, 1931, Das Tierreich, 55: 54, 79.

Philautus travancoricus — Gorham, 1974, Checklist World Amph.: 167. Inger in Frost, 1985, Amph. Species World: 532.

Philautus (Philautus) travancoricus — Bossuyt and Dubois, 2001, Zeylanica, 6: 33.

Pseudophilautus travancoricus — Li, Che, Murphy, Zhao, Zhao, Rao, and Zhang, 2009, Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 53: 519. Provisional arrangement and by implication.

Raorchestes travancoricus — Biju, Shouche, Dubois, Dutta, and Bossuyt, 2010, Curr. Sci., Bangalore, 98: 1120. By implication.

English Names

Travancore Bubble-nest Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 113).

Travancore Bush Frog (Das and Dutta, 1998, Hamadryad, 23: 67; Dinesh, Radhakrishnan, Gururaja, and Bhatta, 2009, Rec. Zool. Surv. India, Occas. Pap., 302: 111).

Travancore Tree Frog (Chanda, 2002, Handb. Indian Amph.: 169).

Distribution

Southern Western Ghats Region of Tamil Nadu, southwestern India, at Bodinayakkanur, Vandiperiyar, and Vagaman.

Comment

Chanda, 2002, Handb. Indian Amph.: 169, 220, provided a brief 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: 142. Biju and Bossuyt, 2009, Zool. J. Linn. Soc., 155: 374-444 [436-438], provided an account, distribution map, and discussed relationships.

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