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
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journal article
8558
10.11646/zootaxa.4851.3.2
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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.