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MISCELLANEOUS NOTES atthebases ofthe 1stand2ndfingers, while 3rd Tail long, twice as long as the head and and 4th fingers help in gripping. thebody,bluntlypointedandhaswelldeveloped In captivity, they have the peculiar habit dorsalandventralfins. Thedorsalfinmembrane ofresting all together in ajumbled heap. starts from the posterior extremity ofthe body Justafterhatchingtadpoleswerecollected and rises gradually. The tadpoles are bottom inlargenumbersfromtemporaryrainwaterpools dwellers. in various localities in Jaipur dist. The tadpoles Colourdorsallydark,mottledwithgreenand mm weresmall,rangingfrom3-4 inlength.Head redcircularpatches.Darkpigmentsarealsopresent andbody flat and oval in shape, snoutrounded, ontheaxialfleshyregionofthetail.Ventralsurface nostrils small and circular and situated colourless. Forearms, hand, fingers, thigh, shank, approximatelyhalfwaybetweentheeye andthe tarsus, foot and toes are barred. A fully grown tip ofsnout. Gill situated at some considerable tadpole measures 30-40 mm. distance behind the eye. Development is rapid, being completed The mouth is terminal as compared to the within 20-24 days. Metamorphosed toadlets mm tadpoles ofBufo stomaticus, where it is ventral. measure approximately 10 from snout to The dentalformula is 1:1+1/3, the lowerrow on vent. the upper lip is clearly interrupted. Teeth small and black, very small and feebly developed on August 19, 1998 SAROJ SAXENA the 3rd row of the lower lip. The lower beak Department ofZoology, almost V-shaped, upper beak convex and University ofRajasthan, minutely denticulated. Jaipur-302 004, Rajasthan. FOURNEW RECORDS AND CHECKLIST OF AMPHIBIANS 19. FROM MAHARASHTRA The amphibian fauna ofMaharashtra has Limnonectes brevipalmata (Peters 1871) been reported by Daniel (1974) in the Material: (1) 1 exp. BNHS 2989; Koyna Maharashtra State Gazetteer. He has listed 22 (550m), Satara dist., Maharashtra; 16.viii.1995. species. In 1976,YazdaniandMahabalreported (2)4exp.BNHS3025,3039-3041;Amboli(750 11 species from Pune. Later, Ravichandran and m), Sindhudurgdist.,Maharashtra; 26.viii.1995. Pillai (1990), who worked on the amphibian Measurements: Snout-vent length 46.30- collection at the Western Regional Station, 53.60 mm; Head length 15.30-16.95 mm; Head ZoologicalSurveyofIndia,Puneraisedthenumber width 15.60-17.45mm;Tibialength26.65-30.63 ofspecies fromMaharashtra to twenty-nine. mm. All the specimens with vertebral streak. In August, 1995 during an amphibian Field notes: The individual from Koyna survey along the Western Ghats in south was picked up from the short-grass patch in a Maharashtra, I recorded 17 species including nursery, whereas the specimens from Amboli four, namely Limnonectes brevipalmata, Rana were collected from a stone heap in the middle curtipes, Philautus leucorhinus and ofa big man-made tank with 15 cm ofwater in Rhacophorus malabaricus, which were not semi-evergreenforest. reported hitherto from Maharashtra. The details of collection, morphometry and field notes of Rana curtipes Jerdon 1853 the newly recorded species are summarized below. Material: 1 exp. BNHS 3038; Amboli 152 JOURNAL. BOMBAYNATURAL HISTORYSOCIETY, 96(1) APR. 1999 MISCELLANEOUS NOTES Saroj Saxena: Bufo viridis Plate 1 The green toad Bufo viridis recorded for the first time in Jaipur dist. Rajasthan. A. Lateral view; B. Dorsal view. JOURNAL. BOMBAY NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY. 96(1). APR. 1999 153 MISCELLANEOUSNOTES (750 m), Sindhudurg dist., Maharashtra; 26.viii.1995. 26.viii.1995. Measurements: Snout-vent length 55.6 Measurements: Snout-vent length 60.15 to 63.1 mm; Head length 18.2-20.5 mm; mm; Head length 25.40 mm; Head width 25.1 Head width 14.45-20.4 mm; Tibia length mm; Tibia length 28.70 mm. 29.6-32.6 mm; width oftoe pad 3.45-4.20 mm. Field notes: The specimen was collected Field notes: All the frogs were collected fromthedampcementfloorofaman-madetank in the night at 2010 h. from the branches of a m withdecayedleaflitterinsemi-evergreenforest. tree, about 5 above ground level, in semi- evergreen forest. The frogs were highly Philautus leucorhinus camouflaged among the colour and shape ofthe (Lichtenstein and Martens 1856) leaves. The tadpoles were found in the forelimb stage, in a man-made tank near the tree from BNHS Material: (1) 2 exp. (2 males); where adult frogs were collected. 2998-2999; Koyna (550 m), Satara dist., The distribution of Limnonectes Maharashtra; 17.viii.1995. (2) 3 exp. (3 males); brevipalmata and Rana curtipes has been BNHS3013-3015;Kalammawadi(650m) 10km describedasTamilNadu, KeralaandKarnataka. fromRadhanagari, Kolhapurdist., Maharashtra; The bush frog Philautus leucorhinus has been 22.viii.1995. (3)2exp.(1 male, 1 female);BNHS collectedsofarfromKerala,KarnatakaandGoa, 3021-3022; Amboli (750 m), Sindhudurg dist., whereas the Malabar gliding frog Rhacophorus Maharashtra; 25.viii.1995. malabaricushasbeenrecordedfromTamilNadu, Measurements: Snout-vent length of Kerala, Karnataka andGoa (Sekar 1991). There adultfemale 39.90 mm; Headlength 12.05 mm; is no record of these four species from Head width 12.6 mm; Tibia length 17.5 mm. Maharashtra so far, and this is the first report. Snout-ventlengthofadultmales29.5mm; Head Basedon the two lists providedby Daniel length 10.15-11.3 mm; Head width 11.3-12.5 (1974) and Yazdani and Mahabal (1976) and mm; Tibia length 15.3-16.5 mm. their work on the ZSI collection, Ravichandran Field notes: All the specimens, except and Pillai (1990) reported 29 species of one,werecollectedfromthebranchesandleaves amphibians from Maharashtra. However, the of shrubs growing to a height of 2 m. One species list requires some addition and deletion. m individualwastakenfromatreetrunk, 1 from Limnonectes syhadrensis which was , the ground. Frogs of this species were heard recorded from Nasik, Maharashtra was not callinginchorus aftersunsetinthe forest, along included in the previous lists. L. syhadrensis withthe related species Philautus bombayensis, described by Annandale (1919), was treated as butthese two species couldbe differentiatedby one ofthe varietals ofLimnonectes limnocharis theircallsinthefield. Themaleandfemalefrom (Boulenger 1920).Forthisreason,Daniel(1974) Amboli were collected while they were in did not include it in the list of amphibia of amplexus. The amplexus was axillary. The pair Maharashtra. In 1974, Dubois separated this was kept in ajar to continue their mating. The species fromL. limnocharis (Frost 1985). female laid 58 whitish, spherical eggs which Though the Caecilian lchthyophis mm measured 2.5 in diameter. bombayensis (Taylor 1960) was reported from MaharashtrabyDutta(1992),itwasnotrecorded Rhacophorus malabaricus Jerdon 1870 from Maharashtra in the present study. The species is known only from the type locality Material: 5 exp. BNHS 3042-3046; Waghai, Surat Dangs, in Gujarat (Frost 1985). Amboli(750m), Sindhudurgdist., Maharashtra; With the available information and the results JOURNAL. BOMBAYNATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY. 96(1), APR. 1999 155 MISCELLANEOUS NOTES ofthe present survey, an updated species list of (Schneider 1799) theamphibianfaunaofMaharashtra,comprising 16. Euphlyctis hexadactylus (Lesson 1834) of2 orders, 6 families, 17generaand34 species, 9. Genus Hoplobatrachus has been prepared according to the new 17. Hoplobatrachus tigerinus classification (Dutta 1992). (Daudin 1803) UPDATED SPECIES LISTOF AMPHIBIANSOF 10. Genus Limnonectes Fitzinger 1843 MAHARASHTRA 18. Limnonectes limnocharis (Boie in: Wiegmann 1835) ORDER: APODA 19. Limnonectesbrevipalmata(Peters 1871) 20. Limnonectes keralensis Dubois 1890 1. family: IchthyophiidaeTaylor 1968 21. Limnonectes syhadrensis 1. Genus Ichthyophis Fitzinger 1826 (Annandale 1919) I. Ichthyophis subterrestris Taylor 1960 11. Genus Indirana Laurent 1986 22. Indirana beddomii (Gunther 1875) 2. family: Caeciliidae Gray 1825 23. Indirana leithii (Boulenger 1888) 2. Genus Indotyphlus Taylor 1960 12. Genus Rana Linnaeus 1758 2. Indotyphlus battersbyi Taylor 1960 24. Rana malabarica Tschudi 1838 6. 25. Rana curtipes Jerdon 1853 ORDER: ANURA 26. Rana temporalis (Gunther 1864) 13. Genus Tomopterna Dumeril and 3. family: Bufonidae Gray 1825 Bibron 1841 3. Genus Ansonia Stoliczka 1870 27. Tomopterna breviceps 3. Ansonia kamblei Ravichandran 1992 (Schneider 1799) 4. Genus Bufo Laurenti 1758 28. Tomopterna rufescens (Jerdon 1854) 4. Bufo melanostictus Schneider 1799 14. Genus Nyctibatrachus Boulenger 1882 5. Bufo beddomii Gunther 1875 29. Nyctibatrachus humayuni Bhaduri 6. Bufo stomaticus Liitken 1862 and Kripalani 1955 7. Bufoparietalis Boulenger 1882 8. Bufo microtympanum Boulenger 1882 family: Rhacophoridae Hoffman 1932 9. Bufo koynayensis Soman 1963 15. Genus Philautus Gistel 1848 30. Philautus glandulosus (Jerdon 1853) 4. family: Microhylidae Gunther 1859 31. Philautus leucorhinus 5. Genus Microhyla Tschudi 1838 (Lichtenstein and Martens 1856) 10. Microhyla ornata 32. Philautus bombayensis (Dumeril and Bibron 1841) (Annandale 1919) II. Microhyla rubra (Jerdon 1854) 16. Genus Polypedates Tschudi 1838 6. Genus UperodonDumerilandBibron 1841 33. Polypedates maculatus (Gray 1834) 12. Uperodon globulosus (Gunther 1864) 17. Genus Rhacophorus Kuhl and 7. Genus Ramanella Rao and Ramanna 1925 VanHasselt 1822 13. Ramanella montana (Jerdon 1854) 34. Rhacophorus malabaricus 14. Ramanella variegata (Stoliczka 1872) Jerdon 1870 5. family: Ranidae Gray 1825 Acknowledgement 8. Genus Euphlyctis Fitzinger 1843 15. Euphlyctis cyanophlyctis I thank Dr. Jay Samant, former director. 156 JOURNAL, BOMBAY NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY, 96(1) APR. 1999 MISCELLANEOUS NOTES BNHS for encouragement, Mr Vithoba Hegde September 17, 1996 ALOYSIUS G. SEKAR for assistance in the field, BNHS for financial Herpetology Section, assistance and the forest officials in Satara, Bombay NaturalHistory Society, Kolhapur and Sindhudurg forest division for Hornbill House, Shaheed BhagatSingh Road, their kind cooperation. Mumbai 400 023 References Annandale,N.(1919):Thefaunaofcertainsmallstreams Frost,D.R.(1985):AmphibianspeciesoftheWorld.Allan in the Bombay Presidency. Rec. Ind. Mus. 16: 109- Press Inc. and The Association of Systematics 161. Collection,Lawrence,Kansas,pp732. Boulenger,C.A.(1920):AmonographoftheSouthAsia, Ravichandran, M.S.&R.S. Pillai(1990): Amphibiaof Papuan,MelanesianandAustralianfrogsofthegenus Maharashtra with description ofa new species of Rana. Rec. Ind. Mus. 20: 1-226. Torrenttoad,Ansonia. Rec. Zool. Surv. India86(3& Daniel, J.C. (1974): Fauna in Maharashtra State 4):505-513. Gazetteers. Edited by B.G. Kunte. Govt, of Sekar,A.G.(1991):DistributionoftheAmphibianfauna Maharashtra,pp 1-423. ofIndia.J. Bombaynat. Hist. 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