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
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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
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71ED5D50-79A2-4487-96C2-B1B2135ECC25
Uperodon globulosus
(Günther)
(
Fig 4L
)
Specimen examined:
one male (WIIAD 231) & one sub adult (WIIAD 069)
Morphological features:
An adult male SVL
51.9 mm
and a sub-adult (sex unknown) SVL
36.9 mm
; globular body shape; head narrow and small; snout obtuse in lateral view; eyes small, pupil round; tympanum hidden, supratympanic fold distinct; dorsal skin is smooth; finger tips rounded and without disc, relative length of fingers IV <I <II <III; hind limbs small, toes tips rounded, toes scarcely webbed, relative length of toes 1<5<2 <3<4, inner meta tarsal tubercle shovel shaped and very prominent, outer meta tarsal tubercle shovel shaped. Coloration in life: Grey or golden-brown dorsum speckled with tiny golden or pale white spots; dorsal surface of limbs light brown; upper and lower jaws dull white; throat (calling male) black; ventral side of body dull white, eggs bicolor.
Remark
: Uncommon, recorded from three forest ranges. Seen breeding in temporary rainwater puddles in agricultural fields and grasslands in July.
U. globulosus
is widely distributed in Central
India
and has earlier been reported from Jabalpur (
Garg
et al.
2018a
).