Philautus sanctisilvaticus (Anura: Rhacophoridae), a new frog from the sacred groves of Amarkantak, Central India
A new species of Philautus is described from the vicinity of Vishakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh in south-eastern India. The new species is compared with congeners from peninsular India and Sri Lanka. Since the members of the genus are restricted to wet evergreen forests of the region, remnant patches of...
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Centre for Herpetology, Madras Crocodile Bank Trust
1997
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| Online Access: | http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/24066/1/123-%20Das%20%26%20Chanda%20%28Philautus%20sanctisilvaticus%29.pdf http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/24066/ https://www.uniprot.org/journals/2915 |
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| Summary: | A new species of Philautus is described from the vicinity of Vishakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh in south-eastern India. The new species is compared with congeners from peninsular India and Sri Lanka. Since the members of the genus are restricted to wet evergreen forests of the region, remnant patches of wet forests within a now largely degraded and arid Eastern Ghats are apparently refugia, supporting species that are tolerant of mesic conditions. K e y w o r d s : taxonomy, amphibians, Philautus, new species, Eastern Ghats, India. |
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