Ghatophryne ornata (Günther, 1876)
Ansonia ornata Günther, 1876 "1875", Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1875: 568. Syntypes: BMNH 74.4.29.944-953 according to Inger in Frost, 1985, Amph. Species World: 27. BM 1947.2.20-66 (formerly 74.4.29.945) designated lectotype by Biju, Van Bocxlaer, Giri, Loader, and Bossuyt, 2009, BMC Res. Notes, 2 (241): 3. Type locality: "Brumagherries [Brahmagiri Hills]", Coorg, Mysore, India. Potential secondary homonym of Bufo ornatus Spix, 1824.
Bufo pulcher Boulenger, 1882, Cat. Batr. Sal. Coll. Brit. Mus., Ed. 2: 288. Replacement name for Ansonia ornata Günther, 1876.
Ghatophryne ornata — Biju, Van Bocxlaer, Giri, Loader, and Bossuyt, 2009, BMC Res. Notes, 2 (241): 2.
English Names
Malabar Torrent Toad (Daniel, 1963, J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc., 60: 431;, Ananjeva, Borkin, Darevsky, and Orlov, 1988, Dict. Amph. Rept. Five Languages: 35).
Ornate Stream Toad (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 39; Das and Dutta, 1998, Hamadryad, 23: 63).
Black Torrent Toad (Reddy, Gururaja, Ravichandran, and Krishnamurthy, 2002, Hamadryad, 26: 358-359).
Distribution
Coorg and Neria region of Dakshina Kannada District, Karnataka, in the southern Western Ghats, southwestern India.
Comment
See brief account by Daniel, 1963, J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc., 60: 431. Biju, 2001, Occas. Publ. Indian Soc. Conserv. Biol., 1: 8, noted that the species has not been collected since 1874. Reddy, Gururaja, Ravichandran, and Krishnamurthy, 2002, Hamadryad, 26: 358-359, commented on the known range. Dutta, 1997, Amph. India Sri Lanka: 41, and Chanda, 2002, Handb. Indian Amph.: 14-16, provided brief accounts. 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: 158.
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