Sylvirana aurantiaca
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Rana aurantiaca Boulenger, 1904[1] |
Sylvirana aurantiaca is a species of frog endemic to the Western Ghats of India. The species was earlier considered to be found in Sri Lanka but may be a different species.[2]
The type locality of the species is Trivandrum and the holotype is in the Natural History Museum(BM 1947.2.2.92 formerly 1903.9.26.1).[3]
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- ^ Boulenger, G.A. 1904. Description of three new frogs from southern India and Ceylon. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 15(3):430-431.
- ^ IUCN, Conservation International, and NatureServe. 2006. Global Amphibian Assessment. <www.globalamphibians.org>. Accessed on 04 May 2006.
- ^ Dutta, S.K. 1997. Amphibians of India and Sri Lanka. Odyssey Publishing House. Bhubaneswar.
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