Philautus munnarensis, Biju & Bossuyt, 2009
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https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2008.00466.x |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10546116 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F5945F-FF9F-1E75-FC70-FD62FA2DC135 |
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Philautus munnarensis |
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sp. nov. |
PHILAUTUS MUNNARENSIS View in CoL SP. NOV.
( FIGS 2 View Figure 2 , 46C View Figure 46 , 49A–D View Figure 49 , 50 View Figure 50 ; TABLE 2)
Type material: Holotype, BNHS 4481 View Materials , an adult male, SVL 28.8 mm, collected by SDB on 10 July 1998 from Munnar , on the way to Devikulam, Idukki, Kerala, India; paratypes, BNHS 4482 View Materials and BNHS 4533 View Materials , two adult males collected along with the holotype.
Other material studied: SDB 029 , an adult male collected along with the holotype; BMNH 97.10.13.2-a and BMNH 97.10.13.2-b, two adult males collected by H.S. Ferguson from ‘Devicolum’ (i.e. Devikulam), Kerala, India ( Table 2) .
Diagnosis: Philautus munnarensis sp. nov. can be distinguished from known congeners by the following combination of characters: (1) medium male adult size (SVL 30.4 ± 2.0 mm, N = 6); (2) head shorter than wide (HW 12.1 ± 1.1 mm vs. HL 11.3 ± 0.7 mm, N = 6); (3) snout rounded in dorsal view; (4) loreal region obtusely concave; (5) tongue with a median lingual papilla; (6) groin light brownish yellow, marbled with brown; (7) ventral coloration light black; (8) supernumerary tubercles prominently present on all fingers and toes.
In general appearance, P. munnarensis sp. nov. could be confused with P. signatus , but it differs from P. signatus in having a rounded snout in dorsal view (vs. snout pointed), obtuse loreal region (vs. acute), shank shorter than thigh, ShL 14.6 ± 0.7 mm vs. TL 15.7 ± 0.8 mm, N = 6 (vs. shank longer than thigh, ShL 14.3 ± 1.1 mm vs. TL 13.4 ± 1.0 mm, N = 8), groin light-brownish yellow, marbled with brown (vs. flesh white or light reddish brown without any marbling).
Description of the holotype (all measurements in mm): Medium-sized frog (SVL 28.8) with a robust body ( Figs 49A View Figure 49 , 50 View Figure 50 ); head length (HL 10.0) shorter than width (HW 11.2; MN 9.2; MFE 7.4; MBE 4.1); outline of snout in dorsal view rounded ( Fig. 49A View Figure 49 ), slightly
Figure 2. Maximum-likelihood phylogram (GTR + G + I; –Ln L = 14 763.97) for the mitochondrial DNA data set of 1488 bp of 34 taxa of Western Ghats Philautus and five outgroup species. Numbers above branches indicate nonparametric bootstrap values under maximum parsimony (MP). Numbers below branches indicate Bayesian posterior probabilities. *Values of less than 50.
Figure 46. Distribution map. A, Philautus luteolus; B, Philautus marki sp. nov.; C, Philautus munnarensis sp. nov.; D, Philautus nerostagona.
Figure 49. Holotype of Philautus munnarensis sp. nov. (BNHS 4481). A, dorsal view; B, lateral view of head; C, ventral view of hand; D, ventral view of foot. Scale bars: 5 mm.
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