Kurixalus naso (Annandale, 1912)
Uphill tree frog, Long-snouted treefrog, Annandale's high altitude frog
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Polypedates naso (Annandale, 1912); Rhacophorus naso Annandale, 1912
Conservation Status
Last record: 1912
Rediscovered in 2000 (Pawar and Birand, 2001)
IUCN RedList status: Data Deficient
Distribution
India
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Annandale, N. (1912). Zoological results of the Abor Expedition, 1911–1912. I. Amphibia. Records of the Indian Museum 8: 7-36.
Other references:
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Chanda, S. K. (2002). Handbook - Indian Amphibians. Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata.
Dutta, S. K. (1997). Amphibians of India and Sri Lanka. Odyssey Publishing House, Bhubaneswar.
Sushil Dutta, Saibal Sengupta, Sabitry Bordoloi. (2004). Kurixalus naso. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2004: e.T58959A11862496. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T58959A11862496.en. Downloaded on 12 February 2017.
Mathew, R. and Sen, N. (2008). Rediscovery of Rhacophorus naso Annandale, 1912 (Amphibia: Anura: Rhacophoridae) from Mizoram, Northeast India. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 108: 41-42.
Mathew, R. and Sen, N. (2009). On the occurrence of Philautus namdaphaensis Sarkar and Sanyal and Rhacophorus naso Annandale (Anura: Rhacophoridae) from Meghalaya, northeastern India. Cobra 2: 14-16.
Nanda, P. and Saikia, B. (2023). Notes on the occurrence of Kurixalus naso (Rhacophoridae), a rare highaltitude tree frog in Arunachal Pradesh. Bulletin of Arunachal Forest Research 37(1-2): 38-41.
Pawar, S. and Birand, A. (2001). A survey of amphibians, reptiles and birds in northeast India, Technical Report–6. Center for Ecological Research and Conservation, Mysore, pp. 1-118.
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Sinha, B. and Saikia, B. (2022). Fauna of Eastern Himalayas – Amphibians of Arunachal Pradesh, India. Occasional Paper No. 410, Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata, pp. 1-100.
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Yu, G. H., Rao, D., Matsui, M., Yang, J. X. (2017). Coalescent-based delimitation outperforms distancebased methods for delineating less divergent species: the case of Kurixalus odontotarsus species group. Scientific Reports (Nature, London). 7(16124): 1-13.
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