Identification of anuran species diversity of the Panna Tiger Reserve, Central India, using an integrated approach Author Prasad, Vishal Kumar 0000-0003-1818-0903 Wildlife Institute of India, P. O. Box 18, Chandrabani- 248001, Uttarakhand, India & vishalprasad. wildlife @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 1818 - 0903 vishalprasad.wildlife@gmail.com Author Gautam, Kumudani Bala 0000-0002-2658-5698 Wildlife Institute of India, P. O. Box 18, Chandrabani- 248001, Uttarakhand, India & kumudani @ wii. gov. in; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 2658 - 5698 kumudani@wii.gov.in Author Gupta, Sandeep Kumar 0000-0001-6295-0210 Wildlife Institute of India, P. O. Box 18, Chandrabani- 248001, Uttarakhand, India & skg @ wii. gov. in; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 6295 - 0210 skg@wii.gov.in Author Murthy, R. Sreenivasa Madhya Pradesh State Biodiversity Board, 26, Kisan Bhawan, 1 st Floor, Arera Hills, Bhopal (M. P.) - 462011 ms. mpsbb @ mp. gov. in Author Ramesh, K. 0000-0001-8797-8615 Wildlife Institute of India, P. O. Box 18, Chandrabani- 248001, Uttarakhand, India & ramesh @ wii. gov. in; https: // orcid. org / 0000 / 0001 - 8797 - 8615 ramesh@wii.gov.in Author Shinde, Ajinkya Duttatray Biodiversity Research and Conservation Foundation, 73 Gulmohar Colony, ITI Road, Satara- 415002, Maharashtra, India ajinkyawildlife @ gmail. com Author Das, Abhijit 0000-0002-5851-8457 Wildlife Institute of India, P. O. Box 18, Chandrabani- 248001, Uttarakhand, India text Zootaxa 2020 2020-09-11 4851 3 450 476 journal article 8558 10.11646/zootaxa.4851.3.2 c7d1f878-aa69-401c-a98f-5ea0ea1f8466 1175-5326 4487235 71ED5D50-79A2-4487-96C2-B1B2135ECC25 Minervarya caperata (Kuramoto, Joshy, Kurabayashi, and Sumida) ( Fig 4E ) Specimens examined: three males (WIIAD 237, WIIAD 256–257), two individuals with sex undetermined (WIIAD 274, WIIAD 277). Morphological features: Adult males SVL 27.5–36.1 mm (n=3) and individuals (sex unknown) SVL 25.8– 25.9 mm (n=2); body slender with dermal ridges; head slightly longer than wide; snout slightly pointed in dorsal view; tympanum slightly more than ½ the diameter of eye, supratympanic fold distinct; dorsal skin glandular with series of broadly four longitudinal ridges, fejervaryan lines present on abdomen; fingers tip rounded, relative length of fingers IV <II <I <III; toes tips rounded, toes relative length 1<2<5<3<4. Calling males have bilobate subgular vocal sac. Coloration in life : Dorsum grey or brown with light brown tubercles; darker longitudinal ridges; flank covered with dark grey blotches; upper and lower jaws marked with dark bands; limbs cross barred with dark bands; groin region pale yellow; ventral of thighs pinkish; throat black (males during breeding season); abdomen white. Calling males had black vocal sac. Variation : WIIAD 237 had large bright orange mid-vertebral band. Bioacoustics: We analysed 30 advertisement calls from three males, calls were recorded between 21:30–00:00 hours in July and August; and calling location air temperature was between 26.2°C–31.7°C. Males of M. caperata called in chorus hidden under the leaves and grass blades near the banks of muddy drains and puddles monsoonal rains. The mean call duration was 130.60 ± 25.49 ms (101–200 ms) with pulse rate of 113.37 ± 3.34 pulses/s (107.69–118.81 pulses/s) and mean of 14.63 ± 2.74 pulses delivered per call. The mean dominant frequency was 2094.48 ± 309.41 Hz (1938–3703.70 Hz). Remark: M. caperata is a common frog in PTR landscape and was seen breeding in waterlogged open grasslands in July. It is a morphologically cryptic species so we performed genetic analysis and our 16S sequence matched with M. caperata from Karnataka in Western Ghats ( Fig 8A ). It was earlier known from its type locality in Karnoor in Karnataka . The present study provides its first state record for Madhya Pradesh . This new record is approximately 1070 km (aerial distance) northwards from its type locality.