Nomenclatural puzzle in early Xenophrys nomina (Anura, Megophryidae) solved with description of two new species from India (Darjeeling hills and Sikkim)
Kaushik Deuti, Stéphane Grosjean, Violaine Nicolas, Karthikeyan Vasudevan & Annemarie Ohler http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:62CDF5C1-E775-4BD1-A25D-3326A2173D4E The eastern Himalayas are known as a hotspot in anuran diversity and are among the earliest but also poorest explored regions of tropical Asia. During fieldwork in North-East India (Darjeeling and Sikkim), we collected small-sized specimens of Xenophrys. For their identification, the nomen-bearing specimens of Xenophrys monticola and Leptobrachium parvum were examined. The complexity of the nomenclatural status of these nomina is highlighted and a redescription of the...
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