Indirana yadera Dahanukar, Modak, Krutha, Nameer, Padhye, and Molur, 2016

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Ranixalidae > Genus: Indirana > Species: Indirana yadera

Indirana yadera Dahanukar, Modak, Krutha, Nameer, Padhye, and Molur, 2016, J. Threatened Taxa, 8: 9280. Holotype: BNHS 5982, by original designation. Type locality: "India: Kerala: Vathikudy, Idukki Wildlife Sanctuary (9.8740N & 77.0760E, elevation 797m)". Zoobank publication registration: 0AD3BF63-ECF2-433F-A47F-5F96B15D3725 

English Names

Yadera Leaping Frog (original publication; Dinesh, Radhakrishnan, Deepak, and Kulkarni, 2023, Fauna India Checklist, vers. 5.0 : 11).

Distribution

Known from south of the Palghat Gap in the Western Ghats of Kerala (Methooty in Idukki district, Neriamangalam in Ernakulam district, Pakuthipaalam (Nelliampathy) in Palakkad district, Kozhikana and Nilakkal in Pathanamthitta district, and Vazhachal in Thrissur district), although presumably to be found in adjacent border areas of Tamil Nadu. 

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: India

Endemic: India

Comment

 Dahanukar, Modak, Krutha, Nameer, Padhye, and Molur, 2016, J. Threatened Taxa, 8: 9280, placed this in the Indirana beddomii group. See brief account by Garg and Biju, 2016, PLoS One, 11(11:e0166326): 19–20. 

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