Uperodon montanus (Jerdon, 1854:533)
Mountain dot frog
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Hylaedactylus montanus Jerdon, 1854:533 (original combination); Ramanella montana (Jerdon, 1854:533)
Conservation Status
Last record: 1853
Rediscovered in 2002
IUCN RedList status: Near Threatened
Distribution
Kerala, India
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
The holotype has been lost.
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Jerdon. (1854). J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 22: 533.
Other references:
Biju, S.D. 2001. A synopsis to the frog fauna of the Western Ghats, India. Occasional Publication 1. ISCB: 1-24.
S.D. Biju, Gajanan Dasaramji Bhuddhe, Sushil Dutta, Vivek Ashok Gour-Broome, Karthikeyan Vasudevan, Chelmala Srinivasulu, S.P. Vijayakumar. (2004). Ramanella montana. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. (https://www.iucnredlist.org). Downloaded on 17 February 2013.
Chanda, S.K. and Deuti, K. 1997. Endemic Amphibians of India. Records of the Zoological Survey of India: 63-79.
Daniel, J.C. and Shull, E.M. 1963. A list of the Reptiles and Amphibians of Surat Dang, Gujarat. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society: 737-743.
Dutta, S.K. 1997. Amphibians of India and Sri Lanka. Odyssey Publishing House, Bhubaneswar.
Kadadevaru, G. G., Kanamadi, R. D., and Schneider, H. (1998). Mating call of the burrowing frog, Ramanella montana (Jerdon 1859). Journal of Advanced Zoology 19: 91-93.
Krishna, S. N., Krishna, S. B. and Vijayalaxmi, K. K. (2004). Breeding ecology of a rare microhylid, Ramanella montana, in the forests of Western Ghats, India. Current Science 87(1): 80-82.
Padhye, A. D. and Ghate, H. V. 2002. An overview of amphibian fauna of Maharashtra State. ZOO's Print Journal: 735-740.
Pratihar, Suman et al. (2014). Diversity and Conservation of Amphibians in South and Southeast Asia. Sauria 36(1): 9-59.
Vasudevan, K., Kumar, A. and Chellam, R. 2001. Structure and composition of rainforest floor amphibian communities in the Kalakad-Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve. Current Science: 406-412.
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