Raorchestes travancoricus
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Taxonavigation
[edit]Taxonavigation: Anura |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Rhacophoridae
Subfamilia: Rhacophorinae
Genus: Raorchestes
Species: † Raorchestes travancoricus
Name
[edit]Raorchestes travancoricus (Boulenger, 1891)
Type locality: "Bodanaikanur [= Bedaraikanur = Bodinaikenur= Bodinayakanur], Travancore, at the foot of the hills on the eastern side", Tamil Nadu, India.
Holotype: BM 1947.2.6.20.
Synonyms
[edit]- Ixalus travancoricus Boulenger, 1891
- Rhacophorus (Philautus) travancoricus — [Ahl]], 1931
- Philautus travancoricus — Gorham, 1974
- Philautus (Philautus) travancoricus — Bossuyt & Dubois, 2001
- Pseudophilautus travancoricus — Li, Che, Murphy, Zhao, Zhao, Rao, and Zhang, 2009
- Raorchestes travancoricus — Biju, Shouche, Dubois, Dutta & Bossuyt, 2010
References
[edit]- Boulenger, G.A. 1891: On new or little-known Indian and Malayan reptiles and batrachians. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 6, 8: 288–292.
- Gorham, S.W. 1974: Checklist of World Amphibians Up to January 1, 1970. Saint John, Canada: New Brunswick Museum.
- Li, J.-t., J. Che, R. W. Murphy, H. Zhao, E.-m. Zhao, D.-q. Rao & Y.-p. Zhang. 2009: New insights to the molecular phylogenetics and generic assessment in the Rhacophoridae (Amphibia: Anura) based on five nuclear and three mitochondrial genes, with comments on the evolution of reproduction. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 53: 509–522.
- Biju S.D., Shouche Y., Dubois A., Dutta S.K. & Bossuyt F. 2010: A ground-dwelling rhacophorid frog from the highest mountain peak of the Western Ghats of India. Current Science, 98: 1119–1125. Full article
- AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2010. Berkeley, California: Raorchestes travancoricus. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/.
- 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Raorchestes travancoricus (Extinct) Downloaded on 11 July 2008.