Blythophryne beryet Chandramouli, Vasudevan, Harikrishnan, Dutta, Janani, Sharma, Das, and Aggarwal, 2016

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Bufonidae > Genus: Blythophryne > Species: Blythophryne beryet

Blythophryne beryet Chandramouli, Vasudevan, Harikrishnan, Dutta, Janani, Sharma, Das, and Aggarwal, 2016, ZooKeys, 555: 63. Holotype: ZSI_A-12521, by original designation. Type locality: "near Mt. Harriet National Park (ca. 11°42'N, 92°44'E, 175 m asl.) within evergreen forests", South Andaman Island, Andaman Archipelago, India. http://zoobank.org/2BAB0154-53B8-43E3-BB14-F36F12FDD8DE 

English Names

Andaman Bush Toad (original publication; Dinesh, Radhakrishnan, Deepak, and Kulkarni, 2023, Fauna India Checklist, vers. 5.0 : 2). 

Distribution

Throughout the Andaman Archipelago, India. 

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: India

Endemic: India

Comment

The sister taxon of Bufoides according to the original publication, based on study of 16S and 12S mtDNA sequences. Harikrishnan and Vasudevan, 2018, Alytes, 36: 242–244, commented on the distribution and natural history. 

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