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Raorchestes garo (Boulenger, 1919)

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonyms: Ixalus garo Boulenger 1919; Rhacophorus (Philautus) garo (Boulenger, 1919) [Ahl, 1931]; Philautus garo (Boulenger, 1919) [Bourre, 1942)]

 

Conservation Status

Last record: 1919 or before (Naveen et al., 2024:362)

Rediscovered on: 23 June 2020 (Naveen et al., 2024:362)

 

Distribution & Habitat

Garo Hills, Meghalaya, India

Type locality: “Above Tura” (Naveen et al., 2024:362)

 

Anatomy & Morphology

 

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

Holotype: ZSI 19187 (Naveen et al., 2024:362)

 

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References

Original scientific description:

Boulenger, G. A. (1919). XII Descriptions of Three new Batrachians from the Garo Hills, Assam. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 16(2): 207-208. https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v16/i2/1919/162810

 

Other references:

Ahl, E. (1931). Amphibia, Anura III, Polypedatidae. Das Tierreich 55: xvi + 477.

Bourret, R. (1942). Les Batraciens de l’Indochine. Hanoi: Institut Océanographique de l’Indochine 6: 1-547.

Naveen, R. S., Chandramouli, S. R., Bubu, S., Ryndongsngi, A. M. and Karunakaran, P. V. (2024). Rediscovery and redescription of Ixalus garo Boulenger, 1919, and Ixalus kempiae Boulenger, 1919, with a reassessment of the taxonomic status of Raorchestes cangyuanensis Wu, Suwannapoom, Xu, Murphy & Che, 2019 and the description of a new species from the Garo Hills of Meghalaya. Herpetozoa 37: 359-372. https://doi.org/10.3897/herpetozoa.37.e122825

 

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