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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Chandramouli SR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4740822 | biostudies-literature | 2016
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
ZooKeys 20160120 555
A new bufonid amphibian, belonging to a new monotypic genus, is described from the Andaman Islands, in the Bay of Bengal, Republic of India, based on unique external morphological and skeletal characters which are compared with those of known Oriental and other relevant bufonid genera. Blythophryne gen. n. is distinguished from other bufonid genera by its small adult size (mean SVL 24.02 mm), the presence of six presacral vertebrae, an absence of coccygeal expansions, presence of an elongated pa ...[more]