dc:description"Figure 3 Live images of Astrobatrachus kurichiyana. Profile (A), close-up of head (B), ventral (C), dorsal (D), side-profile (E). Photo Credit: S.P. Vijayakumar (A and B; reference collection CESF 1567), K.P. Dinesh (C, D and E; ZSI/WRC/A/2131) Full-size DOI: 10.7717/peerj.6457/fig-3";
dc:description"Figure 5 Female of Astrobatrachus kurichiyana (reference collection CESF 2898). Female of Astrobatrachus kurichiyana (CESF 2898) as visualized via microCT-scanning with skull in dorsal (A), right lateral (B), and ventral (C) views, entire skeleton in dorsal view (D), right hand in dorsal view (E), pectoral girdle in ventral view (F), and pelvis in right lateral view (G). Note that distal extent of the fourth and fifth toes on both feet were truncated during CT-scanning. Abbreviations of anatomical terms are as follows: av, anterior vomer; clav, clavicle; cor, coracoid; np, neopalatine; omo, omosternum; pro, prootic; prsph, parasphenoid; pv, posterior vomer; scap, scapula; sph, sphenethmoid; sq, squamosal; xiph, xiphisternum. Full-size DOI: 10.7717/peerj.6457/fig-5";
dc:description"Figure 6 Comparisons of male paratype (ZSI/WRC/2132) of Astrobatrachus kurichiyana to representatives of other WG endemics. Exemplars from Nyctibatrachidae, Micrixalidae, and Ranixalidae in different views ((A–F) entire skeleton in dorsal view; (G–L) dorsal view of skull; (M–R) ventral view of skull; (S–X) ventral view of pectoral girdle). Abbreviations of anatomical terms are as follows: av, anterior vomer; clav, clavicle; np, neopalatine; omo, omosternum; pv, posterior vomer. Full-size DOI: 10.7717/peerj.6457/fig-6";
dc:description"Figure 7 Type locality of Astrobatrachus kurichiyana. Most individuals were sighted in the montane forests except for a single individual in the grassland. Locality: Kurichiyarmala, Wayanad Plateau. Photo taken: June 2010. Photo Credit: S.P. Vijayakumar. Full-size DOI: 10.7717/peerj.6457/fig-7";
dc:description"Figure 1 Geographical range (A) of the three genera, Nyctibatrachus (Nyctibatrachinae), Lankanectes (Lankanectinae) and the new genus Astrobatrachus (Astrobatrachinae subfam. nov.). Inset maps show the type locality (B) and the narrow range (C) of Astrobatrachus kurichiyana gen et. sp. nov. Photo Credit: S. P. Vijayakumar. Full-size DOI: 10.7717/peerj.6457/fig-1";