Astrobatrachus kurichiyana Vijayakumar, Pyron, Dinesh, Torsekar, Srikanthan, Swamy, Stanley, Blackburn, and Shanker, 2019

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Nyctibatrachidae > Subfamily: Astrobatrachinae > Genus: Astrobatrachus > Species: Astrobatrachus kurichiyana

Astrobatrachus kurichiyana Vijayakumar, Pyron, Dinesh, Torsekar, Srikanthan, Swamy, Stanley, Blackburn, and Shanker, 2019, PeerJ, 7(e6457): 9. Holotype: ZSI/WRC/A/2131, by original designation. Type locality: "Kurichiyarmala (11.602807° N 75.968025° E, alt.1420 m), Wayanad Plateau, W[estern] G[hats]", Kerala, India. zoobank.org:act: A4A21F51-2A11-41C6-AA2A-B6F390070868

English Names

Starry Dwarf Frog (original publication). 

Distribution

Known only from the Kurichiyarmala District on the Wayand Plateau on the Western Ghats escarpment, Kerala, India. 

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