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Ghatixalus asterops Biju, Roelants, and Bossuyt, 2008
Ghatixalus asterops Biju, Roelants, and Bossuyt, 2008, Organisms Divers. Evol., 8: 271. Holotype: BNHS 4247, by original designation. Type locality: "near Bear Shola, Kodaikanal, 10° 13′ N, 77° 29′ E, 2000 m asl, Dindigal district, Tamil Nadu, India".
Common Names
Ghat Tree Frog (Dinesh, Radhakrishnan, Gururaja, and Bhatta, 2009, Rec. Zool. Surv. India, Occas. Pap., 302: 91).
Starry-eyed Ghat Tree Frog (Dinesh, Radhakrishnan, Deepak, and Kulkarni, 2023, Fauna India Checklist, vers. 5.0 : 12).
Distribution
High altitude localities in the Palani Hills and surrounding areas south of the Palghat Gap (southern Western Ghats) in west-central Tamil Nadu and in adjacent east-central Kerala, India.
Geographic Occurrence
Natural Resident: India
Endemic: India
Comment
A very brief characterization, photograph, and dot map provided by Subramanian, Dinesh, and Radhakrishnan, 2013, Atlas of Endemic Amph. W. Ghats: 115. Sivaprasad, 2013, Common Amph. Kerala: 148–149, provided a brief account, photograph, and dot map for Kerala, India.
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