Philautus griet, BOSSUYT, 2002
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https://doi.org/ 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2008.00466.x |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10546108 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F5945F-FF82-1E6B-FC7F-F94CFBB6C26E |
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Felipe |
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Philautus griet |
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PHILAUTUS GRIET BOSSUYT, 2002 View in CoL
( FIGS 2 View Figure 2 , 37A, B View Figure 37 , 38A; TABLE View Figure 38 2)
Type material: Holotype, KBIN 1919 , an adult male, SVL 21.3 mm, from Munnar, Idukki , Kerala; paratypes, KBIN 1920–1922 and KBIN 1926 , four adult males, from Munnar.
brown with minute white marbling in life, turning light grey with white marbling in preservation; BNHS 4456 View Materials ( Fig. 37A View Figure 37 ) has relatively more spinular dorsum compared with the holotype, dorsum lightbrownish grey with a pair of dark concave stripes in life turning grey in preservation, both limbs having dark cross bands ; BNHS 4457 View Materials light-reddish brown with a triangular light-greyish red snout and two light-red concave stripes on the back ; BNHS 4458 View Materials ( Fig. 37B View Figure 37 , left) and BNHS 4455 View Materials uniformly lightreddish brown dorsum in life turning light-greyish brown in preservation .
Other material studied: BNHS 4455–4457 View Materials , three adult males, and BNHS 4464 View Materials , an adult female, from Munnar ; BNHS 4458 View Materials , an adult male, from Valparai ( Table 2) .
Diagnosis: Philautus griet can be distinguished from known congeners by the following combination of characters: (1) small male adult snout–vent length (SVL 21.1 ± 1.0 mm N = 5); (2) skin of dorsum with small horny spinules; (3) horny ridges between the eyes, arranged in a triangle directed posteriorly; (4) flank and groin light brown with minute white marbling; (5) posterior part of thighs brown with minute grey spots. Also see the ‘Diagnosis’ section of P. charius .
Description of the holotype: A detailed description and illustrations were published in Bossuyt (2002).
Colour in life: Some colour variation has already been illustrated elsewhere ( Bossuyt, 2002). SDB 046 has a light greyish brown dorsum with various numbers of irregular black patches in life, turns dark grey with faint irregular patches in preservation, with a pair of light-brown concave stripes running from behind the eye to the vent in life, dark grey in preservation; iris golden brownish with a bluish grey outer ring, groin, flank, and anterior and posterior side of thighs light Variation: Measurements of six specimens including the holotype are given in Table 2 .
Distribution and natural history: Devikulam, Munnar, and Vagaman in Kerala, and Valparai in Tamil Nadu ( Fig. 38A View Figure 38 , Table 1). This species has a preference for calling from between ground level and a maximum height of 2 m. All of the individuals were observed at night-time after 19:00 h, either in roadside vegetation near isolated forest patches or in plantations near forests.
Remarks: The museum number of holotype KBIN 1919 was incorrectly stated by Bossuyt (2002: fig. 2) as ‘ holotype KBIN 1918’, but is corrected here as ‘ holotype KBIN 1919’.
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