Walkerana muduga

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Anura

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia 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 Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Batrachomorpha Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Superordo: Batrachia Cladus: Salientia Ordo: Anura

Familia: Ranixalidae
Genus: Walkerana
Species: Walkerana muduga

Name

Walkerana muduga Dinesh, Vijaykumar, Ramesh, Jayarajan, Chandramouli & Shanker, 2020: 269

• Holotype: ZSI-WRC/A/2211 (CESF 1607), adult ♂, collected by S.P. Vijayakumar and team in October 2010.
• Type locality: “Muthikulam, (N 10.945; E 76.644) a high elevation site (1544 amsl) in the hill range Elivalmala/Elivalmalai located north of Palghat Gap”.

References

Primary references

• Dinesh, K.P., Vijaykumar, S.P., Ramesh, V., Jayarajan, A., Chandramouli, S.R. & Shanker, K. 2020. A new lineage of Walkerana (Anura: Ranixalidae) from the Western Ghats of Peninsular India. Zootaxa 4729(2): 266–276. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4729.2.7 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• English: Muduga Mountain Leaping Frog