Hylarana urbis Biju, Garg, Mahony, Wijayathilaka, Senevirathne, and Megaskumbura, 2014

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Ranidae > Genus: Hylarana > Species: Hylarana urbis

Hylarana urbis Biju, Garg, Mahony, Wijayathilaka, Senevirathne, and Meegaskumbura, 2014, Contr. Zool., Amsterdam, 83: 298. Holotype: BNHS 5837, by original designation. Type locality: "Kadavanthra, Ernakulam dist., Kerala state, India". 

Indosylvirana urbis — Oliver, Prendini, Kraus, and Raxworthy, 2015, Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 90: 190. 

Hylarana urbis — Dubois, Ohler, and Pyron, 2021, Megataxa, 5: 501, by implication.

English Names

Urban Golden-backed Frog (original publication; Dinesh, Radhakrishnan, Deepak, and Kulkarni, 2023, Fauna India Checklist, vers. 5.0 : 11).

Distribution

Known only in the southern Western Ghats from Kadavanthra and Tripunithura (Ernakulam District), Kadakkattupara (Malappuram District), and Meladoor (Thrissur District) in the state of Kerala, southern India; usually found in urban area in open bodies of water below 150 m elevation. 

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: India

Endemic: India

Comment

In the Hylarana aurantiaca group according to the original publication. 

External links:

Please note: these links will take you to external websites not affiliated with the American Museum of Natural History. We are not responsible for their content.