Melanobatrachus

Melanobatrachus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Amphibia
Order:Anura
Family:Microhylidae
Genus:Melanobatrachus
Beddome, 1878
Species: M. indicus
Binomial name
Melanobatrachus indicus
Beddome, 1878

Melanobatrachus is a genus of narrow-mouthed frogs (family Microhylidae) that contains a single species, Melanobatrachus indicus.[2] It is known under a number of common names, including Kerala Hills frog, black microhylid frog, and Malabar black narrow-mouthed frog. It is endemic to wet evergreen forests of southern Western Ghats in Kerala and Tamil Nadu states of India.[3]

Melanobatrachus indicus is a rare species[1] that was only rediscovered in 1997.[4] It lives amongst leaf-litter, rocks and other ground cover of moist evergreen tropical forests.[1]

Melanobatrachus indicus is an Evolutionarily Distinct and Globally Endangered (EDGE) species.[4] It is the sole species in subfamily Melanobatrachinae, and it is classified as "Endangered" by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Biju, S.D.; Vasudevan, Karthikeyan; Bhuddhe, Gajanan Dasaramji; Dutta, Sushil; Srinivasulu, Chelmala; Vijayakumar, S.P. (2004). "Melanobatrachus indicus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2004: e.T13032A3406563. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T13032A3406563.en. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
  2. ↑ Frost, Darrel R. (2015). "Melanobatrachus Beddome, 1878". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
  3. ↑ Frost, Darrel R. (2015). "Melanobatrachus indicus Beddome, 1878". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
  4. 1 2 "Black Microhylid Frog (Melanobatrachus indicus)". Evolutionarily Distinct and Globally Endangered (EDGE) species. The Zoological Society of London. Retrieved 1 January 2014.

Further reading

  • Biju, S.D. 2001. A synopsis to the frog fauna of the Western Ghats, India. Occasional Publication 1. ISCB. 1-24.
  • Daltry, J.C. and Martin, G. 1997. Rediscovery of the black narrow-mouth frog Melanobatrachus indicus Beddome, 1878. Hamadryad 22(1):57-58.
  • Dutta, S.K. 1997. Amphibians of India and Sri Lanka. Odyssey Publishing House. Bhubaneswar.
  • Ishwar, N.M. 2000. Melanobatrachus indicus Beddome, 1878, resighted at the Anaimalai Hills, southern India. Hamadryad 25:50-51.
  • Vasudevan, K. 1997. Rediscovery of the black microhylid Melanobatrachus indicus (Beddome, 1878). Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 94:170-171.
  • Vasudevan, K. 2000. An amazing frog from the Western Ghats. Biodiversity India 8-12:12.
  • Nixon A M A and Bhupathy, S. 2007 Occurrence of Melanobatrachus indicus beddome 1878 in Mathikettan shola, Western Ghats. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 104:(1),105-6.


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