Microhyla nakkavaram

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: Microhylidae
Subfamilia: Microhylinae
Genus: Microhyla
Species: Microhyla nakkavaram

Name

Microhyla nakkavaram Garg, Sivaperuman, Gokulakrishnan, Chandramouli & Biju, 2022: 10

• Holotype: ZSI/ANRC/T/14215, adult ♂, collected by G. Gokulakrishnan, Chandrakasan Sivaperuman, Sonali Garg and S.D. Biju in June 2019.
• Type locality: “APWD Guest House, Campbell Bay (07.014°N, 93.932°E, 40 m asl), Great Nicobar Island, Andaman and Nicobar Archipelago, India”.

References

Primary references

• Garg, S., Sivaperuman, C., Gokulakrishnan, G., Chandramouli, S.R. & Biju, S.D. 2022. Hiding in plain sight: Rain water puddles in Nicobar Islands of India reveal abundance of a new frog species of the genus Microhyla Tschudi, 1838 (Anura: Microhylidae). Zoological Studies 61(2): 1–23. DOI: 10.6620/ZS.2022.61-02 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• English: Nicobarese Narrow-mouth Frog