Euphlyctis aloysii Joshy, Alam, Kurabayashi, Sumida & Kuramoto, 2009

Mudke, Madhushri, Gururaja, K. V., Aravind, Neelvara & Singal, Ramit, 2020, Annotated list of anurans from the lateritic plateau of western India with notes on malformations, Check List 16 (3), pp. 685-698 : 690-691

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.15560/16.3.685

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Euphlyctis aloysii Joshy, Alam, Kurabayashi, Sumida & Kuramoto, 2009
status

 

Euphlyctis aloysii Joshy, Alam, Kurabayashi, Sumida & Kuramoto, 2009 View in CoL

New records. INDIA • Karnataka: Udupi: Manipal, Saralebettu , site code I (13.3698°N, 074.7975°E), obs. by MM, KVG and RS, 2 Jan. 2017, 12 individuals; Fig. 3B GoogleMaps .

Identification. The SVL is 31.8–41.2 mm. This species has a deep greenish color with four elliptical marks (two are prominent) on the dorsum separated with a narrow, pale yellowish-white mid-dorsal line. There is full

Distribution. This frog is endemic to south-western India.

Euphlyctis karaavali Priti, Naik, Seshadri, Singal, Vidisha, Ravikanth & Gururaja, 2016

New records. INDIA • Karnataka: Udupi: Manipal, Saralebettu , site code I (13.3698°N, 074.7975°E), obs. by MM, KVG and RS, 2 Jan. 2017, 32 individuals. Fig. 3C GoogleMaps .

Identification. The SVL is 70.9–106 mm. This species was first described in 2016 from Herga, a part of the study area. It has a pointed snout, presence of granular tubercles on the dorsum and granular, short, spinelike tubercles from the eyes all the way to the groin. The body is unmistakable large and slimy. There is a pair of blackish-purple vocal sacs. A dark-green strip extends on the flanks from the supra-tympanic fold to the groin.

Habitat. It is an aquatic frog. It is often found calling from bunds in drier seasons and from waterlogged paddy fields in the breeding season/monsoon. The call is a dis- tinctive, like the call of a White-throated Kingfisher.

webbing on the hind feet. The call consists of a high pitched trill.

Habitat. It is an aquatic frog, found across the study area in waterlogged paddy fields and small ephemeral pools.

Distribution. This frog is endemic to southwestern coast of India.

MM

University of Montpellier

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Amphibia

Order

Anura

Family

Dicroglossidae

Genus

Euphlyctis

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