Beddomixalus
| Beddomixalus bijui | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Suborder: | Neobatrachia |
| Family: | Rhacophoridae |
| Subfamily: | Rhacophorinae |
| Genus: | Beddomixalus Abraham, Pyron, Ansil, Zachariah & Zachariah, 2013 |
| Species: | B. bijui |
| Binomial name | |
| Beddomixalus bijui (Zachariah, Dinesh, Radhakrishnan, Kunhikrishnan, Palot & Vishnudas, 2011) | |
Beddomixalus is a genus of frogs in the family Rhacophoridae, subfamily Rhacophorinae. Beddomixalus bijui, endemic to India, is the only described species.[1]
Etymology
The genus is named ‘Beddomixalus’ after scientist Richard Henry Beddome.[2]
Species
- Beddomixalus bijui (Zachariah, Dinesh, Radhakrishnan, Kunhikrishnan, Palot & Vishnudas, 2011)[3]
This species was in found in the swamp forests of the Anamalai and forests of Tamil Nadu and Kerala in India.
References
- ↑ http://amphibiaweb.org/cgi/amphib_query?where-genus=Beddomixalus&where-species=bijui
- ↑ Robin Kurian Abraham, R. Alexander Pyron, Ansil B. R., Arun Zachariah & Anil Zachariah. 2013. Two novel genera and one new species of treefrog (Anura: Rhacophoridae) highlight cryptic diversity in the Western Ghats of India. Zootaxa 3640 (2): 177–189.
- ↑ http://novataxa.blogspot.com/2013/04/beddomixalus-et-mercurana.html