Ghatixalus magnus Abraham, Mathew, Cyriac, Zachariah, Raju, and Zachariah, 2015

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Rhacophoridae > Subfamily: Rhacophorinae > Genus: Ghatixalus > Species: Ghatixalus magnus

Ghatixalus magnus Abraham, Mathew, Cyriac, Zachariah, Raju, and Zachariah, 2015, Zootaxa, 4048: 103. Holotype: TNHM (H) 15.5.20/80, by original designation. Type locality: "near a forest stream, 10° 7′ 53.75″ N, 76° 59′ 7.20″ E, at elevation 1440m ASL in Kadalar, Idukki district, Kerala, India". 

English Names

Large-sized Ghat Tree Frog (Dinesh, Radhakrishnan, Deepak, and Kulkarni, 2023, Fauna India Checklist, vers. 5.0 : 12).

Distribution

Highlands of the southern Western Ghats betwen the Palakkad Gap and the Shencottah Gap, Kerala, India, 1350 to 1800 m elevation. 

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: India

Endemic: India

Comment

The sister taxon of Ghatixalus asterops + Ghatixalus variabilis according to the original publication. 

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