Abstract
Meghamalai landscape, southern Western Ghats was surveyed for anurans from March 2006 to January 2009. Including published data, a total of 35 species of anurans belonging to 19 genera and eight families have been reported from the area. This includes 23 (65.7%) species endemic to the Western Ghats. New locality records for four species namely, Fejervarya mudduraja, Raorchestes griet, R. ponmudi and Rhacophorus pseudomalabaricus were obtained. Several species recorded from the area are listed under various threat categories of IUCN Red List. Further studies are required to understand the ecological requirements of the anurans of the landscape.
Highlights
ĎƐƚƌĂĐƚ DĞŐŚĂŵĂůĂŝ ůĂŶĚƐĐĂƉĞ ƐŽƵƚŚĞƌŶ tĞƐƚĞƌŶ 'ŚĂƚƐ ǁĂƐ ƐƵƌǀĞLJĞĚ ĨŽƌ ĂŶƵƌĂŶƐ ĨƌŽŵ DĂƌĐŚ ϮϬϬς ƚŽ :ĂŶƵĂƌLJ ϮϬϬε /ŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐ ƉƵďůŝƐŚĞĚĚĂƚĂĂƚŽƚĂůŽĨϯρƐƉĞĐŝĞƐŽĨĂŶƵƌĂŶƐďĞůŽŶŐŝŶŐƚŽϭεŐĞŶĞƌĂ ĂŶĚĞŝŐŚƚĨĂŵŝůŝĞƐŚĂǀĞďĞĞŶƌĞƉŽƌƚĞĚĨƌŽŵƚŚĞĂƌĞĂdŚŝƐŝŶĐůƵĚĞƐϮϯ ;ςρϳйͿƐƉĞĐŝĞƐĞŶĚĞŵŝĐƚŽƚŚĞtĞƐƚĞƌŶ'ŚĂƚƐEĞǁůŽĐĂůŝƚLJƌĞĐŽƌĚƐ ĨŽƌ ĨŽƵƌ ƐƉĞĐŝĞƐ ŶĂŵĞůLJ Fejervarya mudduraja Raorchestes griet, R. ponmudi and Rhacophorus pseudomalabaricus ǁĞƌĞ ŽďƚĂŝŶĞĚ ^ĞǀĞƌĂůƐƉĞĐŝĞƐƌĞĐŽƌĚĞĚĨƌŽŵƚŚĞĂƌĞĂĂƌĞůŝƐƚĞĚƵŶĚĞƌǀĂƌŝŽƵƐƚŚƌĞĂƚ ĐĂƚĞŐŽƌŝĞƐŽĨ/hEZĞĚ>ŝƐƚ&ƵƌƚŚĞƌƐƚƵĚŝĞƐĂƌĞƌĞƋƵŝƌĞĚƚŽƵŶĚĞƌƐƚĂŶĚ ƚŚĞĞĐŽůŽŐŝĐĂůƌĞƋƵŝƌĞŵĞŶƚƐŽĨƚŚĞĂŶƵƌĂŶƐŽĨƚŚĞůĂŶĚƐĐĂƉĞ
A study on the herpetofaunal mortality due to vehicular traffic along the interstate National Highway Cumbum– Kumuly (NH 220), that cuts across the landscape is available (Bhupathy et al 2011)
We provide data on the amphibian fauna of Meghamalai landscape based on a study from March 2006 to January 2009 and published literature
Summary
ĎƐƚƌĂĐƚ DĞŐŚĂŵĂůĂŝ ůĂŶĚƐĐĂƉĞ ƐŽƵƚŚĞƌŶ tĞƐƚĞƌŶ 'ŚĂƚƐ ǁĂƐ ƐƵƌǀĞLJĞĚ ĨŽƌ ĂŶƵƌĂŶƐ ĨƌŽŵ DĂƌĐŚ ϮϬϬς ƚŽ :ĂŶƵĂƌLJ ϮϬϬε /ŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐ ƉƵďůŝƐŚĞĚĚĂƚĂĂƚŽƚĂůŽĨϯρƐƉĞĐŝĞƐŽĨĂŶƵƌĂŶƐďĞůŽŶŐŝŶŐƚŽϭεŐĞŶĞƌĂ ĂŶĚĞŝŐŚƚĨĂŵŝůŝĞƐŚĂǀĞďĞĞŶƌĞƉŽƌƚĞĚĨƌŽŵƚŚĞĂƌĞĂdŚŝƐŝŶĐůƵĚĞƐϮϯ ;ςρϳйͿƐƉĞĐŝĞƐĞŶĚĞŵŝĐƚŽƚŚĞtĞƐƚĞƌŶ'ŚĂƚƐEĞǁůŽĐĂůŝƚLJƌĞĐŽƌĚƐ ĨŽƌ ĨŽƵƌ ƐƉĞĐŝĞƐ ŶĂŵĞůLJ Fejervarya mudduraja Raorchestes griet, R. ponmudi and Rhacophorus pseudomalabaricus ǁĞƌĞ ŽďƚĂŝŶĞĚ ^ĞǀĞƌĂůƐƉĞĐŝĞƐƌĞĐŽƌĚĞĚĨƌŽŵƚŚĞĂƌĞĂĂƌĞůŝƐƚĞĚƵŶĚĞƌǀĂƌŝŽƵƐƚŚƌĞĂƚ ĐĂƚĞŐŽƌŝĞƐŽĨ/hEZĞĚ>ŝƐƚ&ƵƌƚŚĞƌƐƚƵĚŝĞƐĂƌĞƌĞƋƵŝƌĞĚƚŽƵŶĚĞƌƐƚĂŶĚ ƚŚĞĞĐŽůŽŐŝĐĂůƌĞƋƵŝƌĞŵĞŶƚƐŽĨƚŚĞĂŶƵƌĂŶƐŽĨƚŚĞůĂŶĚƐĐĂƉĞ. ĐŬŶŽǁůĞĚŐĞŵĞŶƚƐdŚŝƐƉĂƉĞƌŝƐĂŶŽīƐŚŽŽƚŽĨĂƌĞƐĞĂƌĐŚƉƌŽũĞĐƚĨƵŶĚĞĚďLJƚŚĞDŝŶŝƐƚƌLJŽĨŶǀŝƌŽŶŵĞŶƚĂŶĚ&ŽƌĞƐƚƐ;DŽ&Ϳ'ŽǀĞƌŶŵĞŶƚŽĨ/ŶĚŝĂtĞĂƌĞ ƚŚĂŶŬĨƵů ƚŽ '͘s ^ƵďƌĂŵĂŶŝĂŶ ĂŶĚ EĂƐĞĞŵ ŚŵĂĚ ;DŽ&Ϳ ĨŽƌ ĮŶĂŶĐŝĂů ƐƵƉƉŽƌƚ Z ^ƵŶĚĂƌĂƌĂũƵ ;W& Θ ŚŝĞĨ tŝůĚůŝĨĞ tĂƌĚĞŶͿ ĂŶĚ ^ƌŝŶŝǀĂƐ Z ZĞĚĚLJ ;ŝƐƚƌŝĐƚ &ŽƌĞƐƚKĸĐĞƌͿĨŽƌƉĞƌŵŝƐƐŝŽŶƚŽǁŽƌŬŝŶƚŚĞĨŽƌĞƐƚĂƌĞĂĂŶĚůŽŐŝƐƟĐƐƵƉƉŽƌƚĂŶĚWnjĞĞnjĂŶĚE^ĂƚŚŝƐŚ
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