Euphlyctis kerala

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Anura

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Ordo: Anura

Familia: Dicroglossidae
Subfamilia: Dicroglossinae
Genus: Euphlyctis
Species: Euphlyctis kerala

Name

Euphlyctis kerala Dinesh, Channakeshavamurthy, Deepak, Ghosh & Deuti, 2021: 335

• Holotype: ZSI/WGRC/A/973, adult ♂, collected by B.H. Channakeshavamurthy and team on 13 October 2017.
• Type locality: “the surroundings of the Thattekad Bird Sanctuary (N 10.1272, E 76.6840), Kerala”, India.
• Paratypes (2): ZSI/WGRC/A/974, adult ♀ and ZSI/WGRC/A/975, adult ♀, same data as holotype.

References

Primary references

• Dinesh, K.P., Murthy, B.H.C., Deepak, P., Ghosh, A. & Deuti, K. 2021. Morphological groupings within Euphlyctis (Anura: Dicroglossidae) and description of a new species from the surroundings of Thattekad Bird Sanctuary, Kerala, India. Zootaxa 4990(2): 329–353. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4990.2.7 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Kerala Skittering Frog