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Micrixalus specca Biju, Garg, Gururaja, Shouche, and Walujkar, 2014
Micrixalus specca Biju, Garg, Gururaja, Shouche, and Walujkar, 2014, Ceylon J. Sci., Biol. Sci., 43: 55. Holotype: BNHS 5778, by original designation. Type locality: "Charmadi Ghats, Dakshina Kannada dist., Karnataka state, India".
English Names
Spotted Dancing Frog (Biju, Garg, Gururaja, Shouche, and Walujkar, 2014, Ceylon J. Sci., Biol. Sci., 43: 55).
Distribution
Known only from the type locality, Charmadi Ghats (Dakshina Kannada District, Karanataka, India), which lies north of the Palghat Gap and south of the Goa Gap in the Western Ghats.
Comment
In the Micrixalus saxicola group according to the original publication, previously confused with Micrixalus saxicola.
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