Micrixalus saxicola

Micrixalus saxicola

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: Micrixalidae
Genus: Micrixalus
Species: Micrixalus saxicola

Name

Micrixalus saxicola (Jerdon, 1854)

Type locality: "on rocks in shady mountain streams in Malabar and Wynaad", South India.

Holotype: ZSIC ?

Synonyms

• Polypedates saxicola Jerdon, 1854
• Ixalus saxicola — Boulenger, 1882
• Micrixalus saxicola — Boulenger, 1888

References

• Gururaja, K.V. 2010: Novel reproductive mode in a torrent frog Micrixalus saxicola (Jerdon) from the Western Ghats, India. Zootaxa, 2642: 45–52. Preview
• Jerdon, 1854 "1853", J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 22: 533.
• Boulenger, 1888, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1888: 205.
• Frost, D.R. 2021. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.1. Electronic Database accessible at https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/index.php. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. DOI: 10.5531/db.vz.0001 Micrixalus saxicola . Accessed on 12 June 2008.
• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Micrixalus saxicola  (Unknown category) Downloaded on 12 June 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Malabar Tropical Frog