Micrixalus kottigeharensis (Rao, 1937)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Last record: 1937
Rediscovered in 2001
IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered
Distribution
India
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Rao, C. R. N. (1937). On some new forms of Batrachia from S. India. Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences. Section B 6: 387-427.
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, Robert Inger, Gopalakrishna Bhatta, Raju Vyas, M.S. Ravichandran. 2004. Micrixalus kottigeharensis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2004: e.T58380A11763536. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T58380A11763536.en. Downloaded on 12 February 2017.
Bossuyt, F. and Dubois, A. 2001. A review of the frog genus Philautus Gistel, 1848 (Amphibia, Anura, Ranidae, Rhacophorinae). Zeylanica: 1-112.
Bossuyt, F. and Milinkovitch, M.C. 2001. Amphibians as indicators of Early Tertiary "Out-of-India" dispersal of vertebrates. Science: 93-95.
Dutta, S.K. 1997. Amphibians of India and Sri Lanka. Odyssey Publishing House, Bhubaneswar.
Scheffers, Brett R., Yong, Ding Li, Harris, J. Berton C., Giam, Xingli and Sodhi, Navjot S. (2011). The world’s rediscovered species: back from the brink? PLoS ONE 6(7): e22531. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0022531 [Supporting Information (Table S1)]