A remarkable new species of ranid (Anura: Ranidae) with phytotelmonous larvae from Mount Harriet, Andaman Island
A new species of ranid, tentatively assigned to the genus Rana (sensu Boulenger, 1920) is described from Mount Harriet National Park, South Andaman Islan, India. The new species, R.charledarwini, is diagnosed by the folllowing suite of characters: tympanum large, exposed; lingual papilla absent, dig...
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| description | A new species of ranid, tentatively assigned to the genus Rana (sensu Boulenger, 1920) is described from Mount Harriet National Park, South Andaman Islan, India. The new species, R.charledarwini, is diagnosed by the folllowing suite of characters: tympanum large, exposed; lingual papilla absent, digit tips swollen but not dilated, lacking circummarginal grooves; ova pigmented, relatively numerous; the single adult male known smaller than two adult females and shows a median vocal sac and smooth nuptial pads on upper surface of first finger. |
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| spelling | unimas-117262016-05-03T03:12:18Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/11726/ A remarkable new species of ranid (Anura: Ranidae) with phytotelmonous larvae from Mount Harriet, Andaman Island Das, I. GE Environmental Sciences QH301 Biology QL Zoology A new species of ranid, tentatively assigned to the genus Rana (sensu Boulenger, 1920) is described from Mount Harriet National Park, South Andaman Islan, India. The new species, R.charledarwini, is diagnosed by the folllowing suite of characters: tympanum large, exposed; lingual papilla absent, digit tips swollen but not dilated, lacking circummarginal grooves; ova pigmented, relatively numerous; the single adult male known smaller than two adult females and shows a median vocal sac and smooth nuptial pads on upper surface of first finger. Centre for Herpetology, Madras Crocodile Bank Trust 1998 Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/11726/1/A%20remarkable%20new%20species%20%28abstract%29.pdf Das, I. (1998) A remarkable new species of ranid (Anura: Ranidae) with phytotelmonous larvae from Mount Harriet, Andaman Island. Hamadryad, 23 (1). pp. 41-49. ISSN 0972-205X file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/Administrator/My%20Documents/Downloads/I.Das+41-49.pdf |
| spellingShingle | GE Environmental Sciences QH301 Biology QL Zoology Das, I. A remarkable new species of ranid (Anura: Ranidae) with phytotelmonous larvae from Mount Harriet, Andaman Island |
| title | A remarkable new species of ranid (Anura: Ranidae) with phytotelmonous larvae from Mount Harriet, Andaman Island |
| title_full | A remarkable new species of ranid (Anura: Ranidae) with phytotelmonous larvae from Mount Harriet, Andaman Island |
| title_fullStr | A remarkable new species of ranid (Anura: Ranidae) with phytotelmonous larvae from Mount Harriet, Andaman Island |
| title_full_unstemmed | A remarkable new species of ranid (Anura: Ranidae) with phytotelmonous larvae from Mount Harriet, Andaman Island |
| title_short | A remarkable new species of ranid (Anura: Ranidae) with phytotelmonous larvae from Mount Harriet, Andaman Island |
| title_sort | remarkable new species of ranid (anura: ranidae) with phytotelmonous larvae from mount harriet, andaman island |
| topic | GE Environmental Sciences QH301 Biology QL Zoology |
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