v9i2.231

Submitted date: 13 September 2020
Accepted date: 14 November 2020
Published date: 28 November 2020
Pp. 194–204, pls. 53–54.

ON THE IDENTITY OF TWO Fejervarya FROG (DICROGLOSSIDAE) SPECIES FROM THE ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ARCHIPELAGO

S.R. Chandramouli*, Dasari Ankaiah, K.V. Devi Prasad & Venkatesan Arul
*Corresponding author. E-mail: findthesnakeman@gmail.com

Abstract
The taxonomic status of the large-sized Fejervarya frogs of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands was assessed based on integrative analysis of molecular, morphological and acoustic data. Our results identify the population from the Andaman Islands as Fejervarya moodiei, and that from the Nicobar Islands as F. limnocharis. Representative specimens collected during this study are described along with observations on their natural history. The distribution of F. moodiei within the Andaman Islands and F. limnocharis in the Nicobar Islands recorded during this study are mapped, suggesting that these species are fairly widespread.

Key words : Fejervarya cancrivora, Fejervarya moodiei, Fejervarya limnocharis, India, mangrove.

Section Editor: Enrique La Marca