Euphlyctis karaavali

Euphlyctis karaavali

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: Dicroglossidae
Subfamilia: Dicroglossinae
Genus: Euphlyctis
Species: Euphlyctis karaavali

Name

Euphlyctis karaavali Priti, Naik, Seshadri, Singal, Vidisha, Ravikanth & Gururaja, 2016: 233

• Holotype: BNHS 5989, adult ♂, collected by C.R. Naik and K.S. Seshadri on 27 June 2015.
• Type locality: “fallow paddy fields inundated with water in Sanikatta village, Kumta Taluk, Uttara Kannada District”, Karnataka, India.
• Paratypes (5): BNHS 5988 and BNHS 5990, both adult ♂, same data as holotype; BNHS 5985 and BNHS 5986, both adult ♂, and BNHS 5987, adult ♀, collected from “Kodanga, Herga Village, Manipal Taluk, Udupi District, Karnataka” by R. Singhal and K.S. Seshadri on 26 June 2015.

References

Primary references

• Priti, H., Naik, C.R., Seshadri, K.S., Singal, R., Vidisha, M.K., Ravikanth, G. & Gururaja, K.V. 2016. A new species of Euphlyctis (Amphibia, Anura, Dicroglossidae) from the West Coastal Plains of India. Asian Herpetological Research 7(4): 229–241. DOI: 10.16373/j.cnki.ahr.160020 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Karaavali Skittering Frog