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Uperodon variegatus

Authors/Creators

  • 1. Wildlife Institute of India, P. O. Box 18, Chandrabani- 248001, Uttarakhand, India & vishalprasad. wildlife @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 1818 - 0903
  • 2. Wildlife Institute of India, P. O. Box 18, Chandrabani- 248001, Uttarakhand, India & kumudani @ wii. gov. in; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 2658 - 5698
  • 3. Wildlife Institute of India, P. O. Box 18, Chandrabani- 248001, Uttarakhand, India & skg @ wii. gov. in; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 6295 - 0210
  • 4. Madhya Pradesh State Biodiversity Board, 26, Kisan Bhawan, 1 st Floor, Arera Hills, Bhopal (M. P.) - 462011 ms. mpsbb @ mp. gov. in
  • 5. Wildlife Institute of India, P. O. Box 18, Chandrabani- 248001, Uttarakhand, India & ramesh @ wii. gov. in; https: // orcid. org / 0000 / 0001 - 8797 - 8615
  • 6. Biodiversity Research and Conservation Foundation, 73 Gulmohar Colony, ITI Road, Satara- 415002, Maharashtra, India ajinkyawildlife @ gmail. com
  • 7. Wildlife Institute of India, P. O. Box 18, Chandrabani- 248001, Uttarakhand, India

Description

Uperodon variegatus (Stoliczkia)

(Fig 4N)

Specimen examined: one female (WIIAD 291).

Morphological features: A female SVL 31.3 mm; body slender; head small and slightly wider than long; snout rounded to nearly truncated in dorsal view; tympanum hidden, supratympanic fold present; dorsum skin smooth; tips of fingers truncated, fingers relative length I <II <IV <III; tips of toes slightly truncated, relative length of toes 1<2<5<3<4, webbing absent in toes, inner metatarsal tubercle distinct. Coloration in life: Dorsal surface of dorsum and limbs dark brown with irregular golden dots and marks; dorsal surface between of nose and eyelids predominantly spotted with golden color; ventral side of body dull white.

Remark: A female was recorded at night from agricultural fields near Amanganj (Panna district) in July 2019. Chandra & Gajbe (2005) had mentioned its presence in Madhya Pradesh without any precise locality. This study provides first confirmed record of U. variegatus from Madhya Pradesh. PTR represents its northernmost range.

Notes

Published as part of Prasad, Vishal Kumar, Gautam, Kumudani Bala, Gupta, Sandeep Kumar, Murthy, R. Sreenivasa, Ramesh, K., Shinde, Ajinkya Duttatray & Das, Abhijit, 2020, Identification of anuran species diversity of the Panna Tiger Reserve, Central India, using an integrated approach, pp. 450-476 in Zootaxa 4851 (3) on page 462, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4851.3.2, http://zenodo.org/record/4487235

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Figure: 10.5281/zenodo.4487243 (DOI)
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Journal article: 10.11646/zootaxa.4851.3.2 (DOI)
Journal article: http://zenodo.org/record/4487235 (URL)
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https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/8558/taxon/039087E7FF94FFDFFF17FA3EFA8329E2.taxon (URL)

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Stoliczkia
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Anura
Family
Microhylidae
Genus
Uperodon
Species
variegatus
Taxon rank
species

References

  • Chandra, K. & Gajbe, P. U. (2005) An inventory of herpetofauna of Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. Zoos' Print Journal, 20 (3), 1812 - 1819. https: // doi. org / 10.11609 / JoTT. ZPJ. 1087.1812 - 9