Biju, S. D. ; Bocxlaer, Ines Van ; Giri, Varad B. ; Roelants, Kim ; Nagaraju, J. ; Bossuyt, Franky (2007) A new rightfrog, Nyctibatrachus minimus sp. nov. (Anura: Nyctibatrachidae): the smallest frog from India Current Science, 93 (6). pp. 854-859. ISSN 0011-3891
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Abstract
A new nightfrog, Nyctibatrachus minim us sp. nov. (Anura: Nyctibatrachidae) is described from Kurichiyarmala in the Western Ghats, India. Its most distinctive feature is the small adult snout-vent length, averaging only 12.3 mm in adult males (N = 15), making it the smallest known frog from India. Analyses of a fragment of the mitochondrial NADH dehydrogenase 1 gene indicate a minimum divergence of 22 % with known small-sized congeners. Miniaturization in Nyctibatrachus sp. seems to be associated with absence of webbing on toes and fingers, which may have resulted from evolutionary specialization to life in terrestrial habitats.
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Keywords: | NADH Dehydrogenase 1; Nyctibatrachus minimus Sp.nov; Smallest Indian Frog; Western Ghats |
ID Code: | 77412 |
Deposited On: | 12 Jan 2012 11:40 |
Last Modified: | 18 May 2016 20:41 |
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