Microhyla sholigari

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Microhyla sholigari
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Microhylidae
Genus: Microhyla
Species: M. sholigari
Binomial name
Microhyla sholigari
Dutta & Ray, 2000.

Microhyla sholigari

A species of Microhylid frog, endemic to southern India. It was described from the Biligirirangan Hills and it is named in honour of the Soliga tribals who inhabit the Biligirirangans.

Dutta and Ray, 2000., Hamadryad, 25: 39. Holotype: ZSIC A9061, by original designation. Type locality: "Bhargavi stream bed near Doddasampige (12° 27´ N; 76° 11´ E, Biligirirangan Hills, Chamrajanagar District, Yelandur Taluk, Karnataka State, south-western India".

http://research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia/references.php?id=14499

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