A new species of Philautus (Anura: Rhacophoridae) from the Eastern Ghats, south-eastern India
A new species of Philautus is described from the vicinity of Vishakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh in south-eastern India. The new species is compared with congeners from peninsular India and Sri Lanka. Since the members of the genus are restricted to wet evergreen forests of the region, remnant patches...
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| description | A new species of Philautus is described from the vicinity of Vishakhapatnam, Andhra
Pradesh in south-eastern India. The new species is compared with congeners from
peninsular India and Sri Lanka. Since the members of the genus are restricted to wet
evergreen forests of the region, remnant patches of wet forests within a now largely
degraded and arid Eastern Ghats are apparently refugia, supporting species that are
tolerant of mesic conditions. |
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| spelling | unimas-117862016-05-04T02:27:40Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/11786/ A new species of Philautus (Anura: Rhacophoridae) from the Eastern Ghats, south-eastern India Das, I. Chanda, S.K. GE Environmental Sciences Q Science (General) QL Zoology A new species of Philautus is described from the vicinity of Vishakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh in south-eastern India. The new species is compared with congeners from peninsular India and Sri Lanka. Since the members of the genus are restricted to wet evergreen forests of the region, remnant patches of wet forests within a now largely degraded and arid Eastern Ghats are apparently refugia, supporting species that are tolerant of mesic conditions. Wildlife Heritage Trust of Sri Lanka 1998 Article NonPeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/11786/1/A%20new%20species%20of%20philautus%20%28abstract%29.pdf Das, I. and Chanda, S.K. (1998) A new species of Philautus (Anura: Rhacophoridae) from the Eastern Ghats, south-eastern India. Journal of South Asian Natural History, 3 (1). pp. 103-112. ISSN 1022-0828 file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/Administrator/My%20Documents/Downloads/Das%20I.%20%20S.K.%20Chanda.%20A%20new%20species%20of%20Philautus%20Anura%20-%20Rhacophoridae%20from%20the%20Eastern%20Ghats%20south-eastern%20India.pdf |
| spellingShingle | GE Environmental Sciences Q Science (General) QL Zoology Das, I. Chanda, S.K. A new species of Philautus (Anura: Rhacophoridae) from the Eastern Ghats, south-eastern India |
| title | A new species of Philautus (Anura: Rhacophoridae) from the Eastern Ghats, south-eastern India |
| title_full | A new species of Philautus (Anura: Rhacophoridae) from the Eastern Ghats, south-eastern India |
| title_fullStr | A new species of Philautus (Anura: Rhacophoridae) from the Eastern Ghats, south-eastern India |
| title_full_unstemmed | A new species of Philautus (Anura: Rhacophoridae) from the Eastern Ghats, south-eastern India |
| title_short | A new species of Philautus (Anura: Rhacophoridae) from the Eastern Ghats, south-eastern India |
| title_sort | new species of philautus (anura: rhacophoridae) from the eastern ghats, south-eastern india |
| topic | GE Environmental Sciences Q Science (General) QL Zoology |
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