Hoplobatrachus crassus (Jerdon)

Prasad, Vishal Kumar, Gautam, Kumudani Bala, Gupta, Sandeep Kumar, Murthy, R. Sreenivasa, Ramesh, K., Shinde, Ajinkya Duttatray & Das, Abhijit, 2020, Identification of anuran species diversity of the Panna Tiger Reserve, Central India, using an integrated approach, Zootaxa 4851 (3), pp. 450-476 : 459-460

Hoplobatrachus crassus (Jerdon)

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Specimens examined: one male (WIIAD 252) and one individual (sex undetermined, WIIAD 068).

Morphological features: A male with 70.2 mm SVL and one individual (unknown sex) SVL 92.9 mm; robust body; head longer than wide; snout obtusely pointed in dorsal view; tympanum distinct and nearly ¾ of the diameter of eye, supratympanic fold present; dorsal skin glandular with 5–6 broken longitudinal ridges; finger tips without discs, relative length of fingers IV <II <I <III; toes tips slightly rounded, relative toes length 1<2<3<5<4, Webbing fully developed in feet (I0–¼ II0–1/3 III0–1/3IV1/3–0V), distinct shovel shaped inner metatarsal tubercle. Coloration in life: Dorsum uniform grey with plump black spots; hind limbs cross-barred with dark grey bands; upper and lower jaws with dark bands; vocal sac blackish (calling males; unlike H. tigerinus ), throat and gular region spotted with grey; ventral sides of body pale white.

Remark: Uncommon, recorded from two ranges in PTR. Sighted in waterlogged open grasslands after heavy rains in July.

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FIGURE 4. Photos of anuran species in life recorded during the study:A) Duttaphrynus melanostictus; B) Duttaphrynus scaber; C) Duttaphrynus stomaticus; D) Fejervarya orissaensis; E) Minervarya caperata; F) Minervarya pierrei; G) Euphlyctis cyanophlyctis; H) Hoplobatrachus crassus; I) Hoplobatrachus tigerinus; J) Sphaerotheca pashchima; K) Microhyla nilphamariensis; L) Uperodon globulosus; M) Uperodon systoma; N) Uperodon variegatus; O) Polypedates maculatus. Red star indicates new state records for Madhya Pradesh.