Astrobatrachus kurichiyana

Astrobatrachus kurichiyana

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Anura

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Ordo: Anura

Familia: Nyctibatrachidae
Subfamilia: Astrobatrachinae
Genus: Astrobatrachus
Species: Astrobatrachus kurichiyana

Name

Astrobatrachus kurichiyana Vijayakumar, Pyron, Dinesh, Torsekar, Srikanthan, Swamy, Stanley, Blackburn & Shanker, 2019: 9

• Holotype: ZSI/WRC/A/2131, ♂, collected by S.P. Vijayakumar, K.P. Dinesh and a team on 21 June 2010.
• Type locality: “Kurichiyarmala (11.602807° N 75.968025° E, alt.1420 m), Wayanad Plateau, WG [=Western Ghats]”, Kerala, India.

References

Primary references

• Vijayakumar, S.P., Pyron, R.A., Dinesh, K.P., Torsekar, V.R., Srikanthan, A.N., Swamy, P., Stanley, E.L., Blackburn, D.C. & Shanker, K. 2019. A new ancient lineage of frog (Anura: Nyctibatrachidae: Astrobatrachinae subfam. nov.) endemic to the Western Ghats of Peninsular India. PeerJ 7: e6457. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.6457 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Starry Dwarf Triangle Disk Frog