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 Hoplobatrachus crassus (Jerdon) ( Fig 4H ) Specimens examined: one male (WIIAD 252) and one individual (sex undetermined, WIIAD 068). Morphological features: A male with 70.2 mm SVL and one individual (unknown sex) SVL 92.9 mm ; robust body; head longer than wide; snout obtusely pointed in dorsal view; tympanum distinct and nearly ¾ of the diameter of eye, supratympanic fold present; dorsal skin glandular with 5–6 broken longitudinal ridges; finger tips without discs, relative length of fingers IV <II <I <III; toes tips slightly rounded, relative toes length 1<2<3<5<4, Webbing fully developed in feet (I0–¼ II0–1/3 III0–1/3IV1/3–0V), distinct shovel shaped inner metatarsal tubercle. Coloration in life : Dorsum uniform grey with plump black spots; hind limbs cross-barred with dark grey bands; upper and lower jaws with dark bands; vocal sac blackish (calling males; unlike H. tigerinus ), throat and gular region spotted with grey; ventral sides of body pale white. Remark : Uncommon, recorded from two ranges in PTR. Sighted in waterlogged open grasslands after heavy rains in July.