Micrixalus frigidus Biju, Garg, Gururaja, Shouche, and Walujkar, 2014

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Micrixalidae > Genus: Micrixalus > Species: Micrixalus frigidus

Micrixalus frigidus Biju, Garg, Gururaja, Shouche, and Walujkar, 2014, Ceylon J. Sci., Biol. Sci., 43: 58. Holotype. BNHS 5786, by original designation. Type locality: "Eravikulam National Park, Idukki dist., Kerala state, India". 

English Names

Cold Stream Dancing Frog (original publication). 

Eravikulam Torrent Frog (Dinesh, Radhakrishnan, Deepak, and Kulkarni, 2023, Fauna India Checklist, vers. 5.0 : 6).

Distribution

Western Ghats in the states of Kerala and Tamil Nadu, between the Palghat Gap and the Shencottah Gap; specifically found in Eravikulam National Park (Idukki District) in Kerala, and Grass Hills (Coimbatore District) in Tamil Nadu.

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: India

Endemic: India

Comment

In the Micrixalus silvaticus group of Biju, Garg, Gururaja, Shouche, and Walujkar, 2014, Ceylon J. Sci., Biol. Sci., 43: 1-87. 

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