Raorchestes ghatei Padhye, Sayyed, Jadhav & Dahanukar 2013

Raorchestes ghatei

Raorchestes ghatei (common name: Ghate's shrub frog) is a species of shrub frogs from the Western Ghats of Maharashtra.^[1]

Overview

The species differs from its congeners based on a combination of characters including small to medium-sized adult males, snout mucronate in dorsal view, canthus rostralis angular and sharp, snout slightly projecting beyond mouth ventrally, tympanum indistinct and one third of the eye diameter, tongue without papilla but with a lingual pit, nuptial pad rudimentary to absent, a bony tubercle on humerus at the end of deltoid ridge present in males and absent in females, skin finely granulated or smooth dorsally, lateral side marbled with white blotches on brown to black background. Molecular phylogeny based on 16S rRNA gene sequence suggests that the new species is genetically distinct and forms a monophyletic clade within Raorchestes. The species exhibits sexual dimorphism with males having single sub-gular vocal sac and a tubercle on the humerus while females lack them. The species shows direct development. The species is widely distributed in the Western Ghats of Maharashtra.^[2]

Raorchestes ghatei

References

Raorchestes ghatei^[1]​ es una especie de anfibio anuro de la familia Rhacophoridae.

Distribución geográfica

Esta especie es endémica de Maharashtra en la India. Se encuentra en los Ghats occidentales.^[2]​

Descripción

Los machos miden de 19 a 25 mm y las hembras de 15 a 29 mm.

Etimología

Esta especie lleva el nombre en honor a Hemant V. Ghate.

Publicación original

• Padhye, Sayyed, Jadhav & Dahanukar, 2013: Raorchestes ghatei, a new species of shrub frog (Anura: Rhacophoridae) from the western Ghars of Maharashtra, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, vol. 5, n° 15, p. 4913-4931^[3]​

Referencias

Raorchestes ghatei est une espèce d'amphibiens de la famille des Rhacophoridae^[1].

Répartition

Cette espèce est endémique du Maharashtra en Inde^[1]. Elle se rencontre dans les Ghats occidentaux^[2].

Description

Les mâles mesurent de 19,1 à 25,5 mm et les femelles de 15,4 à 29,8 mm^[2].

Étymologie

Cette espèce est nommée en l'honneur de Hemant V. Ghate^[2].

Publication originale

• Padhye, Sayyed, Jadhav & Dahanukar, 2013 : Raorchestes ghatei, a new species of shrub frog (Anura: Rhacophoridae) from the western Ghars of Maharashtra, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, vol. 5, n^o 15, p. 4913-4931 (texte intégral).

Notes et références

Raorchestes ghatei é uma espécie de anfíbio anuro da família Rhacophoridae.^[3][4] Está presente na Índia.^[4] A UICN classificou-a como vulnerável.^[1]

Ver também

• Declínio das populações de anfíbios

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