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Sphaerotheca pashchima Padhye, Dahanukar, Sulakhe, Dandekar, Limaye & Jamdade, 2017 – Western Burrowing Frog
Taxonomic Notes:
Sphaerotheca pashchima was described from the western parts of peninsular India (Type Locality - Ambodi Village, Maharashtra). The species was known only from the states Gujarat, Maharashtra and Karnatak (Padhye et al. 2017). Prasad et al. 2020, genetically confirmed the presence of this species in Panna Tiger Reserve, Madhya Pradesh.
Sphaerotheca pashchima – Western Burrowing Frog
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Indian and global distribution:
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References:
Padhye, A. D., N. Dahanukar, S. Sulakhe, N. Dandekar, S. Limaye, and K. Jamdade. 2017. Sphaerotheca pashchima, a new specfies off burrowing frog (Anura: Dficroglossidae) from western Indfia . Journal of Threatened Taxa 9: 10286–10296.
Prasad, V. K., K. B. Gautam, S. K. Gupta, R. S. Murthy, K. Ramesh, A. D. Shinde, and A. Das. 2020. Identification of anuran species diversity of the Panna Tiger Reserve, Central India, using an integrated approach. Zootaxa 4851: 450–476
Prasad, V. K., K. B. Gautam, S. K. Gupta, R. S. Murthy, K. Ramesh, A. D. Shinde, and A. Das. 2020. Identification of anuran species diversity of the Panna Tiger Reserve, Central India, using an integrated approach. Zootaxa 4851: 450–476
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Anonymous. 2023. Sphaerotheca pashchima Padhye, Dahanukar, Sulakhe, Dandekar, Limaye & Jamdade, 2017 – Western Burrowing Frog. Gosavi, N., A. Bayani, P. Roy, and K. Kunte (eds.). Amphibians of India, v. 1.05. Indian Foundation for Butterflies.
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