Indirana chiravasi
| Amboli leaping frog | |
|---|---|
| Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Ranixalidae |
| Genus: | Indirana |
| Species: | I. chiravasi |
| Binomial name | |
| Indirana chiravasi Padhye, Modak, and Dahanukar, 2014[1] | |
Indirana chiravasi (Amboli leaping frog) is a species of frog from the Western Ghats of India. It is only known from its type locality, the laterite plateaus by the hill-station of Amboli, Maharashtra.[2][3] It was discovered in 2014 by a team of three scientists from IISER, Pune and MES Abasaheb Garware College.[3]
References
- ↑ Padhye, A. D.; Modak, N.; Dahanukar, N. (2014). "Indirana chiravasi, a new species of Leaping Frog (Anura: Ranixalidae) from Western Ghats of India". Journal of Threatened Taxa 6 (10): 6293. doi:10.11609/JoTT.o4068.6293-312.
- ↑ Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Indirana chiravasi Padhye, Modak, and Dahanukar, 2014". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 1 June 2014.
- 1 2 "Pune scientists find new frog species near Amboli". Times of India. Oct 1, 2014. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
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