A new species of Scutiger (Anura : Megophryidae) from Nagaland, North Eastern, India
The anuran genus Scutiger, assigned by some (e.g. Frost, 1 985 and Duellman, 1 993) to the family Pelobatidae, and by other more recent workers (e.g. Fu et al., 1 997; Fu & Murphy, 1 997) to Megophryidae, contains 32 nominal species. While the apparent centre of radiation of the genus is Ch...
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British Herpetological Society
2000
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| Summary: | The anuran genus Scutiger, assigned by some (e.g.
Frost, 1 985 and Duellman, 1 993) to the family
Pelobatidae, and by other more recent workers (e.g. Fu
et al., 1 997; Fu & Murphy, 1 997) to Megophryidae,
contains 32 nominal species. While the apparent centre
of radiation of the genus is China, three species (S.
nyingchiensis Fei, 1 977; S. occidentalis Dubois, 1 977
and S. sikimmensis Blyth, 1 854) have been recorded
from India (Inger & Dutta, 1 986; Dutta, 1 997). Until
now, a single species, S. sikimmensis, has been recorded from the north-eastern region of India (see
Chanda, 1 994). A well-preserved adult male Scutiger
received by the Zoological Survey of India serves as the
basis for the description of a new species. The material
was collected from Nagaland, in north-eastern India |
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