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Ghatixalus magnus Abraham, Mathew, Cyriac, Zachariah, Raju, and Zachariah, 2015
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".
Common 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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