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 pierrei (Dubois) ( Fig 4F ) Specimens examined: two males (WIIAD 245 & 246) and two females (WIIAD 059 & WIIAD 067). Morphological features: Adult males SVL 26.6–27 mm (n=2) and females SVL 33–33.6 mm (n=2); head longer than wide; snout slightly pointed in dorsal view; tympanum marginally less than ¾ the diameter of eye, supratympanic fold visible; dorsal skin tubercular with conical warts, fejervaryan lines present on abdomen, skin on ventral side is smooth; fingers tip rounded, relative length of fingers IV <II <I <III; toes relative length 1<2<3<5<4. Coloration in life : Dorsum brown with dark brown spots, dark brown spots more prominent on the flank and upper groin; fore limbs and hind limbs with four dark brown bars; upper and lower jaws barred; groin and undersides of thighs pale yellow; ventral sides of thighs are pinkish; throat mild black (males during breeding season); abdomen white. Bioacoustics: We recorded 30 advertisement calls from three males. Calls were recorded between 23:30–02:00 hours in July and calling location air temperature was between 27.4 °C–29.7 °C. Males produced single type calls. Mean call duration was 73.18 ± 9.86 ms (53–90 ms) with pulse rate of 113.37 ± 12.92 pulses/s (122.30–225.35 pulses/s) and mean of pulses per call was 14.70 ± 1.84. The mean dominant frequency was 3714.05 ± 67.58 Hz (3574.50–3832.90 Hz). Remark: A common anuran in the region. Seen calling from waterlogged open grasslands in July and August. The result of our genetic analyses confirmed the presence of M. pierrei in PTR ( Fig 8A ). Its neighboring record is from Haryana , India ( Frost 2020 ). This study provides a new state record of M. pierrei from Madhya Pradesh . This record also extends its southern most range to Panna in Central India .