Hydrophylax bahuvistara Padhye, Jadhav, Modak, Nameer & Dahanukar, 2015

Mudke, Madhushri, Gururaja, K. V., Aravind, Neelvara & Singal, Ramit, 2020, Annotated list of anurans from the lateritic plateau of western India with notes on malformations, Check List 16 (3), pp. 685-698 : 694

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.15560/16.3.685
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scientific name	Hydrophylax bahuvistara Padhye, Jadhav, Modak, Nameer & Dahanukar, 2015
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New records. INDIA • Karnataka: Udupi: Manipal , Ma- nipal lake, site code G (13.3424°N, 074.7854°E), obs. by MM and RS, 5 Aug. 2017, 13 individuals. Fig. 3M. GoogleMaps

Identification. The SVL is up to 44–70 mm for males and 47–70 mm for females. This species has bright-orange flanks and a dark, blackish dorsum. In the absence of molecular data, we considered expert opinion, the unmistakable morphological features, and widespread distribution of this species to distinguish it from H. malabaricus (Tschudi, 1838) ( Padhye et al. 2015) . The call is a low-frequency, slow-paced ‘ping-ping’, which some liken to the sound of water droplets falling in puddles.

Habitat. This species was commonly heard calling from the rocks and crevices surrounding shallow puddles and large water bodies.

Distribution. This frog is endemic to the Western Ghats.