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A Checklist of Amphibians of India (Updated Till January 2015) Compiled By: K.P A Checklist of Amphibians of India (Updated till January 2015) Compiled by: K.P. Dinesh 1, C. Radhakrishnan 2, B.H. Channakeshavamurthy 3 and Nirmal U Kulkarni 4, 1Centre for Ecological Sciences (CES), Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore-560 012, India. E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected] 2 33/5267-D, Devika, Golf links Road, Chevayur, Calicut – 673 017, Kerala, India 3Western Ghats Regional Centre (WGRC), Zoological Survey of India (ZSI), Calicut 673006, Kerala, India 4Mhadei Research Centre, C/o Hiru Naik Building, Dhuler Mapusa, Goa- 403507, India 1 Mhadei Research Center The first comprehensive checklist of amphibians of India was brought out by Dutta (1997) enlisting 212 species. Das and Dutta (1998) catalogued the common names of the Indian amphibians and the checklist was updated by Daniels in 2001. Chanda (2002) published the first handbook on amphibians of India with brief accounts and distribution maps. In the year 2005 Daniels listed 238 species of amphibians from India in his book ‘Amphibians of the peninsular India'. Dinesh et al., (2009) brought out an annotated checklist of amphibians of India listing 284 species with the ir synonyms, information on their type locality, type specimen status and their known distribution. Since then the Check lists of ‘Indian Amphibians' were periodically updated by Dinesh et al., listing 311 species in 2010, 314 species in 2011, and 342 species in 2012 and 2013. The present checklist is updated with all the information species names available till January 2015 and enlists 384 species of amphibians from India, including those listed recently from Goa (Kulkarni et al., 2013). The nomenclature followed here is after Frost 2014. Systematic Account: CLASS: AMPHIBIA Gray ORDER: ANURA Fischer von Waldheim FAMILY: BUFONIDAE Gray Sl. Species No. 1 Bufoides meghalayanus (Yazdani and Chanda 1971) 2 Bufotes latastii (Boulenger 1882) 3 Duttaphrynus beddomii (Gunther, 1875)* 4 Duttaphrynus brevirostris (Rao, 1937) * 5 Duttaphrynus chandai Das, Chetia, Dutta and Sengupta, 2013 6 Duttaphrynus himalayanus (Gunther 1864) 7 Duttaphrynus hololius (Gunther, 1876) 8 Duttaphrynus kiphirensis (Mathew and Sen, 2009) 9 Duttaphrynus mamitensis (Mathew and Sen, 2009) 2 Mhadei Research Center 10 Duttaphrynus manipurensis (Mathew and Sen, 2009) 11 Duttaphrynus melanostictus (Schneider 1799) *# 12 Duttaphrynus microtympanum (Boulenger 1882) * 13 Duttaphrynus mizoramensis (Mathew and Sen, 2009) 14 Duttaphrynus nagalandensis (Mathew and Sen, 2009) 15 Duttaphrynus olivaceous (Blanford, 1874) 16 Duttaphrynus parietalis (Boulenger, 1882) * 17 Duttaphrynus scaber (Schneider, 1799) *# 18 Duttaphrynus silentvalleyensis (Pillai, 1982) * 19 Duttaphrynus stomaticus (Lutken 1864) * 20 Duttaphrynus stuarti (Smith, 1929) 21 Duttaphrynus wokhaensis (Mathew and Sen, 2009) 22 Ghatophryne ornata (Gunther, 1876) * 23 Ghatophryne rubigina (Pillai and Pattabiraman, 1981) * 24 Ingerophrynus macrotis (Boulenger, 1887) 25 Pedostibes kempi (Boulenger 1919) 26 Pedostibes tuberculosus Gunther 1875*# 27 Xanthophryne koynayensis (Soman, 1963) * 28 Xanthophryne tigerinus Biju, Bocxlaer, Giri, Loader and Bossuyt, 2009* FAMILY: DICROGLOSSIDAE Anderson 29 Allopaa barmoachensis (Khan and Tasnim, 1989) 30 Allopaa hazarensis (Dubois and Khan, 1989) 31 Chrysopaa sternosignata (Murray, 1885) 32 Euphlyctis mudigere Joshy, Alam, Kurabayashi, Sumida and Kuramoto, 2009* 33 Euphlyctis aloysii Joshy, Alam, Kurabayashi, Sumida and Kuramoto, 2009* 34 Euphlyctis cyanophlyctis (Schneider, 1799) *# 35 Euphlyctis ghoshi (Chanda, 1990) 36 Euphlyctis hexadactylus (Lesson, 1834) *# 37 Fejervarya andamanensis (Stoliczka, 1870) 38 Fejervarya cancrivora (Gravenhorst, 1829) 39 Fejervarya nicobariensis (Stoliczka, 1870) 40 Fejervarya orissaensis (Dutta, 1997) 41 Hoplobatrachus crassus (Jerdon, 1854) * 42 Hoplobatrachus tigerinus (Daudin, 1802) *# 43 Ingerana borealis (Annandale, 1912) 44 Ingerana charlesdarwini (Das, 1998) 45 Limnonectes doriae (Boulenger, 1887) 46 Limnonectes hascheanus (Stoliczka, 1870) 47 Limnonectes khasianus (Anderson, 1871) 48 Limnonectes kuhlii (Tschudi, 1838) 49 Limnonectes laticeps (Boulenger, 1882) 50 Limnonectes macrodon (Dumeril and Bibron, 1841) 3 Mhadei Research Center 51 Limnonectes mawlyndipi (Chanda, 1990) 52 Limnonectes shompenorum Das, 1996 53 Minervarya chilapata Ohler, Deuti, Grosjean, Paul, Ayyaswamy, Ahmed and Dutta, 2009 54 Minervarya sahyadris Dubois, Ohler and Biju, 2001*# 55 Nanorana annandalii (Boulenger, 1920) 56 Nanorana arnoldi (Dubois, 1975) 57 Nanorana blanfordii (Boulenger, 1882) 58 Nanorana chayuensis (Ye, 1977) 59 Nanorana gammii (Anderson, 1871) 60 Nanorana liebigii (Gunther, 1860) 61 Nanorana minica (Dubois, 1975) 62 Nanorana mokokchungensis (Das and Chanda, 2000) 63 Nanorana vicina (Stoliczka, 1872) 64 Occidozyga lima (Gravenhorst, 1829) 65 Occidozyga sumatrana (Peters, 1877) 66 Ombrana sikimensis (Jerdon, 1870) 67 Sphaerotheca breviceps (Schneider, 1799) *# 68 Sphaerotheca dobsonii (Boulenger, 1882) *# 69 Sphaerotheca leucorhynchus (Rao, 1937) * 70 Sphaerotheca rolandae (Dubois, 1983) * 71 Zakerana brevipalmata (Peters, 1871) * 72 Zakerana caperata (Kuramoto, Joshy, Kurabayashi and Sumida, 2007) *# 73 Zakerana granosa (Kuramoto, Joshy, Kurabayashi and Sumida, 2007) *# 74 Zakerana keralensis (Dubois, 1981) *# 75 Zakerana kudremukhensis (Kuramoto, Joshy, Kurabayashi, and Sumida, 2007) * 76 Zakerana modestus (Rao, 1920) * 77 Zakerana mudduraja (Kuramoto, Joshy, Kurabayashi, and Sumida, 2007) * 78 Zakerana murthii (Pillai, 1979) * 79 Zakerana mysorensis (Rao, 1922) * 80 Zakerana nepalensis (Dubois, 1975) 81 Zakerana nilagirica (Jerdon, 1854) * 82 Zakerana parambikulamana (Rao, 1937) * 83 Zakerana pierrei (Dubois, 1975) 84 Zakerana rufescens (Jerdon, 1854) * 85 Zakerana sauriceps (Rao, 1937) * 86 Zakerana sengupti (Purkayastha and Matsui 2012) 87 Zakerana syhadrensis (Annandale, 1919) *# 88 Zakerana teraiensis (Dubois, 1984) FAMILY: HYLIDAE Rafinesque 89 Hyla annectans (Jerdon, 1870) FAMILY: MEGOPHRYIDAE, Bonaparte 90 Leptobrachium bompu Sondhi and Ohler, 2011 4 Mhadei Research Center 91 Leptobrachium hasseltii Tschudi, 1838 92 Leptobrachium rakhinensis Wogan, 2012 93 Leptolalax khasiorum Das, Tron, Rangad and Hooroo, 2010 94 Leptolalax lateralis (Anderson, 1871) 95 Leptolalax nokrekensis (Mathew and Sen, 2009) 96 Leptolalax tamdil Sengupta, Sailo, Lalremsanga, Das, and Das, 2010 97 Megophrys ancrae Mahony, Teeling an Biju, 2013 98 Megophrys oropedion Mahony, Teeling an Biju, 2013 99 Megophrys vegrandis Mahony, Teeling an Biju, 2013 100 Scutiger nyingchiensis Fei, 1977 101 Scutiger sikimmensis (Blyth, 1855) 102 Xenophrys boettgeri (Boulenger, 1899) 103 Xenophrys glandulosa (Fei, Ye and Huang, 1991) 104 Xenophrys major (Boulenger, 1908) 105 Xenophrys megacephala (Mahony, Sengupta, Kamei and Biju, 2011) 106 Xenophrys parva (Boulenger, 1893) 107 Xenophrys robusta (Boulenger, 1908) 108 Xenophrys serchhipii Mathew and Sen, 2007 109 Xenophrys wuliangshanensis (Ye and Fei, 1995) 110 Xenophrys zunhebotoensis Mathew and Sen, 2007 FAMILY: MICRIXALIDAE Dubois, Ohler and Biju 111 Micrixalus adonis Biju, Garg, Gururaja, Souche and Walujkar, 2014* 112 Micrixalus candidus Biju, Garg, Gururaja, Souche and Walujkar, 2014* 113 Micrixalus elegans (Rao, 1937) * 114 Micrixalus frigidus Biju, Garg, Gururaja, Souche and Walujkar, 2014* 115 Micrixalus fuscus (Boulenger, 1882) * 116 Micrixalus gadgili Pillai and Pattabiraman, 1990* 117 Micrixalus kodayari Biju, Garg, Gururaja, Souche and Walujkar, 2014* 118 Micrixalus kottigeharensis (Rao, 1937) * 119 Micrixalus kurichiyari Biju, Garg, Gururaja, Souche and Walujkar, 2014* 120 Micrixalus mallani Biju, Garg, Gururaja, Souche and Walujkar, 2014* 121 Micrixalus nelliyampathi Biju, Garg, Gururaja, Souche and Walujkar, 2014* 122 Micrixalus nigraventris Biju, Garg, Gururaja, Souche and Walujkar, 2014* 123 Micrixalus niluvasei Biju, Garg, Gururaja, Souche and Walujkar, 2014* 124 Micrixalus nudis Pillai, 1978* 125 Micrixalus phyllophilus (Jerdon, 1853) * 126 Micrixalus sairandhri Biju, Garg, Gururaja, Souche and Walujkar, 2014* 127 Micrixalus sali Biju, Garg, Gururaja, Souche and Walujkar, 2014* 128 Micrixalus saxicola (Jerdon, 1853) * 129 Micrixalus silvaticus (Boulenger, 1882) * 130 Micrixalus specca Biju, Garg, Gururaja, Souche and Walujkar , 2014* 131 Micrixalus spelunca Biju, Garg, Gururaja, Souche and Walujkar, 2014* 5 Mhadei Research Center 132 Micrixalus thampii Pillai, 1981* 133 Micrixalus uttaraghaati Biju, Garg, Gururaja, Souche and Walujkar, 2014* FAMILY: MICROHYLIDAE Gunther 134 Kalophrynus interlineatus Blyth, 1855 135 Kaloula assamensis Das, Sengupta, Ahmed and Dutta, 2004 136 Kaloula baleata (Muller, 1833) 137 Kaloula pulchra Gray, 1831 138 Kaloula taprobanica Parker, 1934* 139 Melanobatrachus indicus Beddome, 187 8* 140 Microhyla berdmorei (Blyth, 1856) 141 Microhyla butleri Boulenger, 1900 142 Microhyla chakrapanii Pillai, 1977 143 Microhyla heymonsi Vogt, 1911 144 Microhyla ornata (Dumeril and Bibron, 1841) *# 145 Microhyla pulchra (Hallowell, 1861) 146 Microhyla rubra (Jerdon, 1854) * 147 Microhyla sholigari Dutta and Ray, 2000* 148 Micryletta inornata (Boulenger, 1890) 149 Ramanella anamalaiensis Rao, 1937* 150 Ramanella minor Rao, 1937* 151 Ramanella montana (Jerdon, 1854) * 152 Ramanella mormorata Rao, 1937*# 153 Ramanella triangularis (Gunther, 1875) * 154 Ramanella variegata (Stoliczka, 1872) * 155 Uperodon globulosus (Gunther, 1864) *# 156 Uperodon systoma (Schneider, 1799) * FAMILY: NASIKABATRACHIDAE Biju and Bossuyt 157 Nasikabatrachus sahyadrensis
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