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A remarkable new species of ranid (Anura: Ranidae) with phytotelmonous larvae from Mount Harriet, Andaman Island

A new species of ranid, tentatively assigned to the genus Rana (sensu Boulenger, 1920) is described from Mount Harriet National Park, South Andaman Islan, India. The new species, R.charledarwini, is diagnosed by the folllowing suite of characters: tympanum large, exposed; lingual papilla absent, dig...

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Main Author: Das, I.
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Language:English
Published: Centre for Herpetology, Madras Crocodile Bank Trust 1998
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GE Environmental Sciences
QH301 Biology
QL Zoology
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spelling my.unimas.ir.117262016-05-03T03:12:18Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/11726/ A remarkable new species of ranid (Anura: Ranidae) with phytotelmonous larvae from Mount Harriet, Andaman Island Das, I. GE Environmental Sciences QH301 Biology QL Zoology A new species of ranid, tentatively assigned to the genus Rana (sensu Boulenger, 1920) is described from Mount Harriet National Park, South Andaman Islan, India. The new species, R.charledarwini, is diagnosed by the folllowing suite of characters: tympanum large, exposed; lingual papilla absent, digit tips swollen but not dilated, lacking circummarginal grooves; ova pigmented, relatively numerous; the single adult male known smaller than two adult females and shows a median vocal sac and smooth nuptial pads on upper surface of first finger. Centre for Herpetology, Madras Crocodile Bank Trust 1998 E-Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/11726/1/A%20remarkable%20new%20species%20%28abstract%29.pdf Das, I. (1998) A remarkable new species of ranid (Anura: Ranidae) with phytotelmonous larvae from Mount Harriet, Andaman Island. Hamadryad, 23 (1). pp. 41-49. ISSN 0972-205X file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/Administrator/My%20Documents/Downloads/I.Das+41-49.pdf
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QH301 Biology
QL Zoology
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QH301 Biology
QL Zoology
Das, I.
A remarkable new species of ranid (Anura: Ranidae) with phytotelmonous larvae from Mount Harriet, Andaman Island
description A new species of ranid, tentatively assigned to the genus Rana (sensu Boulenger, 1920) is described from Mount Harriet National Park, South Andaman Islan, India. The new species, R.charledarwini, is diagnosed by the folllowing suite of characters: tympanum large, exposed; lingual papilla absent, digit tips swollen but not dilated, lacking circummarginal grooves; ova pigmented, relatively numerous; the single adult male known smaller than two adult females and shows a median vocal sac and smooth nuptial pads on upper surface of first finger.
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author Das, I.
author_facet Das, I.
author_sort Das, I.
title A remarkable new species of ranid (Anura: Ranidae) with phytotelmonous larvae from Mount Harriet, Andaman Island
title_short A remarkable new species of ranid (Anura: Ranidae) with phytotelmonous larvae from Mount Harriet, Andaman Island
title_full A remarkable new species of ranid (Anura: Ranidae) with phytotelmonous larvae from Mount Harriet, Andaman Island
title_fullStr A remarkable new species of ranid (Anura: Ranidae) with phytotelmonous larvae from Mount Harriet, Andaman Island
title_full_unstemmed A remarkable new species of ranid (Anura: Ranidae) with phytotelmonous larvae from Mount Harriet, Andaman Island
title_sort remarkable new species of ranid (anura: ranidae) with phytotelmonous larvae from mount harriet, andaman island
publisher Centre for Herpetology, Madras Crocodile Bank Trust
publishDate 1998
url http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/11726/1/A%20remarkable%20new%20species%20%28abstract%29.pdf
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