Rediscovery of the Endangered Khasi Hills Rock Toad, Bufoides meghalayana in Meghalaya, Northeastern India

Bufoides meghalayana, the Khasi Hills Rock Toad, is an Endangered species of tropical bufonid (Stuart et al., 2008), restricted to the Mawblang Plateau, ca. 5 km south of Cherrapunjee, East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya State, north-eastern India. Since its discovery by Yazdani and Chanda (1971: as Anson...

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Main Authors: Das, Indraneil, Rangad, Duwaki, Lyngdoh, Ronald K., Deuti, Kaushik, Hooroo, Rupa Nyalla K.
Format: Magazine and Newsletter
Language:en
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Online Access:http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/28121/1/354.%20Das%20et%20al.%20%28Bufoides%20meghalayana%29%20-%20Copy.pdf
http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/28121/
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Summary:Bufoides meghalayana, the Khasi Hills Rock Toad, is an Endangered species of tropical bufonid (Stuart et al., 2008), restricted to the Mawblang Plateau, ca. 5 km south of Cherrapunjee, East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya State, north-eastern India. Since its discovery by Yazdani and Chanda (1971: as Ansonia meghalayana), and reallocation to the monotypic genus Bufoides by Pillai and Yazdani (1973), it has been cited only in regional reviews (e.g., Chanda 1994; 2002) and in checklists (Frost 1985; Dutta 1997).