Micrixalus gadgili

Micrixalus gadgili

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Anura

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Batrachomorpha Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Superordo: Batrachia Cladus: Salientia Ordo: Anura

Familia: Micrixalidae
Genus: Micrixalus
Species: Micrixalus gadgili

Name

Micrixalus gadgili Pillai & Pattabiraman, 1990: 386

• Holotype: ZSI-SRS VA/780, adult ♀, collected by R.S. Pillai on 29 April 1981.
• Type locality: “Dynamite House, Pamba, Sabarigiri, [Kerala,] S. India, Alt. 990 metres”.

References

Primary references

• Pillai, R.S. & Pattabiraman, R. 1990. Amphibians from Sabagiri forest, Western Ghats, Kerala, including a new species of Micrixalus. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 86: 383–390. DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v86/i2/1990/161667 Reference page. 

Links

• IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group. 2023. IUCN: Micrixalus gadgili  (Vulnerable). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2023: e.T58379A166102249. Accessed on 09 March 2026.

Vernacular names

• English: Gadgil's Tropical Frog