Duttaphrynus silentvalleyensis (Pillai, 1981)
Silent Valley toad, South Indian hill toad
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Bufo silentvalleyensis Pillai, 1981
Probably a synonym of Bufo parientalis (Dubois & Ohler, 1999).
Conservation Status
Missing
Last record: pre-1982
IUCN RedList status: Data Deficient
Distribution
Silent Valley, Kerala, India
Biology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Pillai, R. S. (1981). Two new species of Amphibia from Silent Valley, Kerala. Records of the Zoological Survey of India [1981]: 153-158.
Other references:
S.D. Biju, Sushil Dutta, Robert Inger. (2004). Duttaphrynus silentvalleyensis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.3. (http://www.iucnredlist.org). Downloaded on 25 January 2015.
Dubois, A. and Ohler, A. (1999). Asian and Oriental toads of the Bufo melanostictus, Bufo scaber and Bufo stejnegeri groups (Amphibia, Anura): a list of available and valid names and description of some name bearing types. Journal of South Asian Natural History [1999]: 133-180.