Micrixalus nelliyampathi Biju, Garg, Gururaja, Shouche, and Walujkar, 2014

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Micrixalidae > Genus: Micrixalus > Species: Micrixalus nelliyampathi

Micrixalus nelliyampathi Biju, Garg, Gururaja, Shouche, and Walujkar, 2014, Ceylon J. Sci., Biol. Sci., 43: 40. Holotype: BNHS 5702, by original designation. Type locality: "Kesavapara, Nelliyampathy, Palakkad dist., Kerala state, India".

English Names

Nelliyampathi Dancing Frog (original publication). 

Nelliyampathi Torrent Frog (Dinesh, Radhakrishnan, Deepak, and Kulkarni, 2023, Fauna India Checklist, vers. 5.0 : 7).

Distribution

Western Ghats in the Indian states of Kerala and Tamil Nadu, between the Palghat Gap and Shencottah Gap; specifically reported from Kesavapara and Poopara (Palakkad District) in Kerala state, and Andiparai shola, Grass hills and Puthuthottam (Coimbatore District) in Tamil Nadu state. 

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: India

Endemic: India

Comment

In the Micrixalus fuscus group of Biju, Garg, Gururaja, Shouche, and Walujkar, 2014, Ceylon J. Sci., Biol. Sci., 43: 14. 

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