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 Duttaphrynus melanostictus (Schneider) ( Fig 4A ) Specimen examined: one male (WIIAD 242). Morphological characters : Adult male SVL 58.12 mm ; body stout; snout obtuse in dorsal and lateral view; prominent black cranial ridges over eyes; two large parotid glands behind eyes; pupil round; tympanum distinct and ¾ of the diameter of eye; dorsum skin warty, two longitudinal broken series of larger warts on dorsum; finger tips without discs; relative length of fingers II <I <IV <III; toes scarcely webbed, relative length of toes 1<2<3<5<4, inner metatarsal tubercle small and distinct. The calling male had single subgular highly distensible vocal sac. Coloration in life : Adult male pale yellow or brownish with reddish brown spots on dorsum, breeding males had orange colour on vocal sac region; edges of cranial ridge and upper lip black; series of larger warts on dorsum black; tips of fingers and toes black; underside pale white with fine white tipped spots. Bioacoustics: We recorded a calling male (voucher WIIAD 242 ) near a stagnant waterbody at 22:30 hours in July at air temperature 27.2 ° C. The male produced single type pulsatile calls. We analysed 10 advertisement calls. Calls were emitted mostly at regular intervals. The mean call duration was 64.1 ± 10.35 ms (44–70 ms) which was the shortest among all congeneric species recorded in PTR. Pulse rate was 112.39 ± 18.77 pulses/s (101.69–161.29 pulses/s) with mean number of pulses per call 6.8 ± 0.79 (5–8 pulses). The mean dominant frequency was 1701.15 ± 22.72 Hz (1679.6–1722.7 Hz ) ( Annexure II ) . Remark: Common anuran in PTR landscape. Breeding recorded in seasonal puddles in July. Tadpoles supposedly belonging to this species were seen in July.