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Sallywalkerana muduga
Muduga mountain leaping frog | family: Ranixalidae genus: Sallywalkerana |
| Species Description: Dinesh KP, SP Vijayakumar, V Ramesh, A Jayarajan, SR Chandramouli, and K Shanker. 2020. A deeply divergent lineage of Walkerana (Anura: Ranixalidae) from the Western Ghats of Peninsular India. Zootaxa 4729: 266-276. | |
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Taxonomic Notes: In the opinion of the AmphibiaWeb Taxonomy Subcommittee Walkerana Otte & Perez- Gelabert 2009a, a substitute name for Walkerella Otte & Perez-Gelabert 2009a (preoccupied by a hymenopteran), is a valid, adequately diagnosed orthopteran taxon, thereby rendering Walkerana Dahanukar, Modak, Krutha, Nameer, Padhye & Molur 2016a, a ranixalid frog, a junior homonym, and validating the substitute name Sallywalkerana Dahanukar, Modak, Krutha, Nameer, Padhye & Molur 2016b, contra Dubois 2017 Zootaxa 4237:1–16. |
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Country distribution from AmphibiaWeb's database: India
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