A new species of Polypedates (Anura: Rhacophoridae) from the Western Ghats, India, allied to the Sri Lankan P. cruciger Blyth, 1852

Das, I. and Ravichandran, M.S. (1998) A new species of Polypedates (Anura: Rhacophoridae) from the Western Ghats, India, allied to the Sri Lankan P. cruciger Blyth, 1852. Hamadryad, 22 (2). pp. 88-94. ISSN 0972-205X

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Abstract

A new species of polypedates is described from Southern Tamil Nadu State, south-western India. The new species, P.pseudocruciger is closely related to P.cruciger Blyth, 1852, from the mid hills and low country of Sri Lanka, from which it can be diffrentiated in showing a obtuse cutaneous spur on heel (vs absent); skin of forehead free (vs co-ossified to the fronto-pariental and squamosal bones); toe I webbing between distal and distal, subarticular tubercles; and tympanum diameter over 80 (vs less than 65) per cent diameter of orbit.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Anura, rhacophoridae, polypedates pseudocruciger, new species, Western Ghats, India, unimas, university, universiti, Borneo, Malaysia, Sarawak, Kuching, Samarahan, ipta, education, research, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak
Subjects: G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GE Environmental Sciences
Q Science > QH Natural history > QH301 Biology
Q Science > QL Zoology
Divisions: Academic Faculties, Institutes and Centres > Institute of Biodiversity and Environmental Conservation
Faculties, Institutes, Centres > Institute of Biodiversity and Environmental Conservation
Depositing User: Karen Kornalius
Date Deposited: 04 May 2016 01:44
Last Modified: 04 May 2016 01:44
URI: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/11761

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