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<paragraph id="DA3EA878FFFFFFA523D6CEDD0438FEB7" blockId="23.[151,905,1699,1794]" box="[151,582,1734,1759]" pageId="23" pageNumber="280">Anaimalai Flying Frog (Daniels 2005)</paragraph>
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(
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<emphasis id="E8F5746AFFFFFFA523D6CF290470FF22" bold="true" box="[151,526,1842,1867]" pageId="23" pageNumber="280">Original name and description.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="E8F5746AFFFFFFA52157CF2805F0FF22" box="[534,910,1843,1867]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="280">Rhacophorus pseudomalabaricus</emphasis>
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, A new species of
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(
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,
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, 25:23.
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Name-bearing
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.
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, BNHS (BNHM) 3095, by original designation, an adult female;
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, ZSI/SRS VA/
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<typeStatus id="053A16DAFFFFFFA52620CF6003E4FFFA" box="[1377,1434,1915,1939]" pageId="23" pageNumber="280">Type</typeStatus>
locality.
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Andiparai Shola, (Valparai), Tamil Nadu,
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.
<emphasis id="E8F5746AFFFFFFA52007CF8502A3FFDE" bold="true" box="[838,1245,1950,1975]" pageId="23" pageNumber="280">Current status of specific name.</emphasis>
Valid name, as
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<emphasis id="E8F5746AFFFFFFA523D6CFD80470FFB2" box="[151,526,1987,2011]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="280">Rhacophorus pseudomalabaricus</emphasis>
Vasudevan and Dutta, 2000
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.
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<emphasis id="E8F5746AFFF0FFAA23D6CF01072BFF58" bold="true" box="[151,341,1818,1841]" pageId="24" pageNumber="281">FIGURE 9. AG.</emphasis>
Holotype of
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dorsal view;
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ventral view;
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lateral view of head;
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ventral view of hand;
<emphasis id="E8F5746AFFF0FFAA2055CF210552FF26" bold="true" box="[788,812,1850,1871]" pageId="24" pageNumber="281">E.</emphasis>
schematic illustration of webbing on hand;
<emphasis id="E8F5746AFFF0FFAA27A8CF210284FF26" bold="true" box="[1257,1274,1850,1871]" pageId="24" pageNumber="281">F.</emphasis>
ventral view of foot;
<emphasis id="E8F5746AFFF0FFAA238CCF4C069FFF07" bold="true" box="[205,225,1879,1902]" pageId="24" pageNumber="281">G.</emphasis>
schematic illustration of webbing on foot.
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<emphasis id="E8F5746AFFF0FFAA2386CF810492FFDA" bold="true" box="[199,748,1946,1971]" pageId="24" pageNumber="281">Other material studied/observed. KERALA:</emphasis>
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, Kadalar, SDBDU 2011.1010 (adult male), collected by SDB on
<date id="AE3F8EB8FFF0FFAA22D1CFA5040CFFBF" box="[400,626,1982,2006]" pageId="24" pageNumber="281" value="2011-09-22">22 September 2011</date>
;
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, Poopara, Parambikulam, SDBDU 2011.1422 (adult male), collected by SDB, RGK, AT, SG, RS &amp; GS on
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.
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, Valparai, SDBDU
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(four adult males) and SDBDU 1160, SDBDU 1166 (two adult female), collected by SDB on
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, ZSI/SRS VA 1078 (
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, adult male), Andiparai Shola, BNHS 3095 (
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, adult female), collected by K. Vasudevan on
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, ZSI/SRS VA 1078 (
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, adult male), collected by K. Vasudevan on
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, WII 514 (
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, adult male), collected by K. Vasudevan on
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.
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</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="929BFBF3FFF1FFAB2386C9500348FAED" pageId="25" pageNumber="282" type="diagnosis">
<paragraph id="DA3EA878FFF1FFAB2386C95003E5FA7E" blockId="25.[151,1437,151,1039]" pageId="25" pageNumber="282">
<emphasis id="E8F5746AFFF1FFAB2386C950073FF90D" bold="true" box="[199,321,331,356]" pageId="25" pageNumber="282">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="E8F5746AFFF1FFAB220DC95704B9F90D" box="[332,711,332,356]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="282">Rhacophorus pseudomalabaricus</emphasis>
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can be distinguished from known congeners by the following combination of characters: (1) large male adult size (SVL
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); (2) green dorsal colour with light yellow webbing between fingers and toes in life; (3) finger webbing extensive, reaching beyond distal subarticular tubercle on inner side and base of disc in outer side of finger III; (4) thick dermal fringe from base of pad of toe V extends along lateral edge of tarsus to heel where it develops into broad flange with lateral projecting calcar on outer edge of heel; and (5) toe webbing extensive, reaching distal subarticular tubercle on either side of toe IV (
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).
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<emphasis id="E8F5746AFFF1FFAB2386CA38071CFA55" bold="true" box="[199,354,547,572]" pageId="25" pageNumber="282">Comparison.</emphasis>
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is unique by its uniform green colouration of dorsum with venation-like light grey lines in life. However, this species could be confused with
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<emphasis id="E8F5746AFFF1FFAB2703CA530312FA09" box="[1090,1388,584,608]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="282">Rhacophorus malabaricus</emphasis>
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due to comparable size in preservation. For differences with
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<emphasis id="E8F5746AFFF1FFAB204FCA7605C7FAED" box="[782,953,620,644]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="282">R. malabaricus</emphasis>
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, see comparison of that species.
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<emphasis id="E8F5746AFFF1FFAB2386CA94079AFAC1" bold="true" box="[199,484,655,680]" pageId="25" pageNumber="282">
Description of
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.
</emphasis>
A detailed general description was published in Vasudevan and Dutta (2000).
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<emphasis id="E8F5746AFFF1FFAB2386CAA80745FAA5" bold="true" box="[199,315,691,716]" pageId="25" pageNumber="282">Variation.</emphasis>
Measurements of three female, including
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and six male specimens, are given in
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. No considerable variation in breeding and non breeding colour.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="929BFBF3FFF1FFAB2386CAE0023CFEA8" pageId="25" pageNumber="282" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="DA3EA878FFF1FFAB2386CAE0075DFC66" blockId="25.[151,1437,151,1039]" pageId="25" pageNumber="282">
<emphasis id="E8F5746AFFF1FFAB2386CAE00426FB7D" bold="true" box="[199,600,763,788]" pageId="25" pageNumber="282">Distribution and natural history.</emphasis>
This species is currently reported from Kadalar, Poopara in Kerala and Andiparai Shola, Puduthottam in Tamil Nadu (
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;
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). It is a high-altitude species found at ca.
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asl. The Poopara specimen was located on a leaf at ca.
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above ground along a trek path in secondary forests on the fringe of abandoned cardamom plantations. The Kadalar specimen was located on a stem ca.
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above ground in a marshy area beside a perennial stream outside KFDCs cardamom plantation. During breeding season the species is known to aggregate at artificial ponds (Vasudevan &amp; Dutta 2000) and on vegetation overhanging marshy areas, ponds and streams. All collections in the present study were made between 18:00 to 20:00 hours.
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<emphasis id="E8F5746AFFF1FFAB23D6CC5B0777FC31" bold="true" box="[151,265,1088,1112]" pageId="25" pageNumber="282">TABLE 3.</emphasis>
Voucher numbers, locality information and GenBank accession numbers of the taxa included in this study.
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<emphasis id="E8F5746AFFF1FFAB23E4CC620334FCE6" bold="true" box="[165,1354,1145,1168]" pageId="25" pageNumber="282">Species Voucher specimen Locality Accession number</emphasis>
<emphasis id="E8F5746AFFF1FFAB23E4CE900408FEC9" box="[165,630,1674,1696]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="282">Source of sequences retrieved from GenBank</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="E8F5746AFFF1FFAB21C5CE9104E9FEF6" bold="true" box="[644,663,1674,1695]" pageId="25" pageNumber="282">a.</emphasis>
Bossuyt &amp; Milinkovitch (2000),
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Hasan
<emphasis id="E8F5746AFFF1FFAB2715CE9002F7FEC9" box="[1108,1161,1674,1696]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="282">et al.</emphasis>
(2012), NCBI, Genbank, unpublished,
<emphasis id="E8F5746AFFF1FFAB226CCEB00741FEA9" bold="true" box="[301,319,1707,1728]" pageId="25" pageNumber="282">c.</emphasis>
Delmore (2004),
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Meenakshi
<emphasis id="E8F5746AFFF1FFAB21C5CEB704C6FEA8" box="[644,696,1707,1729]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="282">et al.</emphasis>
(2009), NCBI, Genbank, unpublished.
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