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A New Species of Rana from the Terai of Nepal

new species of Rana is described from the terai region of Nepal on the basis of three specimens. The new species is diagnosable from known congeners in possessing the following characteristics: head longer than wide; tympanum rounded, smaller than orbit diameter; supratympanic fold absent; finger I...

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Main Author: Das, Indraneil
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Language:English
Published: Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles 1998
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QL Zoology
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spelling my.unimas.ir.243652019-04-05T08:23:04Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/24365/ A New Species of Rana from the Terai of Nepal Das, Indraneil Q Science (General) QL Zoology new species of Rana is described from the terai region of Nepal on the basis of three specimens. The new species is diagnosable from known congeners in possessing the following characteristics: head longer than wide; tympanum rounded, smaller than orbit diameter; supratympanic fold absent; finger I longer than finger II; a series of large, flat glands on lateral aspect of body; broad webbing on toe IV to penultimate subarticular tubercle, reaching tip of toes as a narrow sheath; tips of digits flattened to form disks with distinct circummarginal grooves separating dorsum of disks from ventrum; tibia length/snout-vent length ratio 47.23-54.15; and absence of humeral gland on forelimb of males. The snout-vent length range shown by the type series is 30.4-32.5 mm. Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles 1998 E-Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/24365/1/160-%20Das%20%28Rana%20chitwanensis%29.pdf Das, Indraneil (1998) A New Species of Rana from the Terai of Nepal. Journal of Herpetology, 32 (2). pp. 223-229. ISSN 0022-1511 https://www.jstor.org/stable/1565301?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents DOI: 10.2307/1565301
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QL Zoology
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QL Zoology
Das, Indraneil
A New Species of Rana from the Terai of Nepal
description new species of Rana is described from the terai region of Nepal on the basis of three specimens. The new species is diagnosable from known congeners in possessing the following characteristics: head longer than wide; tympanum rounded, smaller than orbit diameter; supratympanic fold absent; finger I longer than finger II; a series of large, flat glands on lateral aspect of body; broad webbing on toe IV to penultimate subarticular tubercle, reaching tip of toes as a narrow sheath; tips of digits flattened to form disks with distinct circummarginal grooves separating dorsum of disks from ventrum; tibia length/snout-vent length ratio 47.23-54.15; and absence of humeral gland on forelimb of males. The snout-vent length range shown by the type series is 30.4-32.5 mm.
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title A New Species of Rana from the Terai of Nepal
title_short A New Species of Rana from the Terai of Nepal
title_full A New Species of Rana from the Terai of Nepal
title_fullStr A New Species of Rana from the Terai of Nepal
title_full_unstemmed A New Species of Rana from the Terai of Nepal
title_sort new species of rana from the terai of nepal
publisher Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles
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url http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/24365/1/160-%20Das%20%28Rana%20chitwanensis%29.pdf
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