Pedostibes kempi (Boulenger, 1919)
Nectophryne kempi Boulenger, 1919, Rec. Indian Mus., 16: 207. Syntypes: ZSIC (2 specimens), by original designation, of which ZSIC 18481 was reported by Chanda, Das, and Dubois, 2001 "2000", Hamadryad, 25: 104. Type locality: "Garo Hills, Assam [Meghalaya, India]. . . . above Tura, 2,500 ft.".
Pedostibes kempi — Barbour, 1938, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 51: 192.
English Names
Kemp's Asian Tree Toad (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 45).
Garo Hills Tree Toad (Das and Dutta, 1998, Hamadryad, 23: 64; Dinesh, Radhakrishnan, Gururaja, and Bhatta, 2009, Rec. Zool. Surv. India, Occas. Pap., 302: 9; Mathew and Sen, 2010, Pict. Guide Amph. NE India: 25).
Garo Hills Toad (Chanda, 2002, Handb. Indian Amph.: 32).
Distribution
Known only from the type locality (Garo Hills, Meghalaya, India).
Comment
Dutta, 1997, Amph. India Sri Lanka: 54, and Chanda, 2002, Handb. Indian Amph.: 32, provided brief accounts. Mathew and Sen, 2010, Pict. Guide Amph. NE India: 25-26, provided a brief characterization and illustration.
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