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- Title
Tadpole morphology of Jerdon's Narrow-mouthed Frog Uperodon montanus (Jerdon, 1853) with a range and elevation extension report from Western Ghats, India.
- Authors
Hegde, Amit; Kadadevaru, Girish; Dinesh, K. P.
- Abstract
The study discusses about the new data on larval description, morphological features, larval ecology of stage 25-40 of the Jerdon's Narrow-mouthed Frog Uperodon montanus (Jerdon, 1853). Tadpoles were identified up to family and genus level based on the historical literature and the species level confirmation was done with molecular studies. We also present a new northern limit record of this species from the Pushpagiri hill ranges in Karnataka (12.669 N, 75.717 E) and a new highest elevation record of 1,916 m at Vaguvarai, Idukki, Kerala which are outside its currently known distribution and elevation ranges. As per the present work, the distribution range of U. montanus has extended northwards by 130 km and upwards by 216 m. Additionally, the IUCN Red List status for the species is also discussed based on the area of occupancy and extent of occurrence redone considering the new range envelope.
- Subjects
WESTERN Ghats (India); TADPOLES; FROGS; HISTORICAL literature; MORPHOLOGY
- Publication
Journal of Threatened Taxa, 2023, Vol 15, Issue 2, p22623
- ISSN
0974-7893
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.11609/jott.8096.15.2.22623-22631