Amphibians of the Sikkim Himalaya, India: an annotated checklist

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Abstract:We present an annotated list of amphibians for the state of Sikkim, India. Data were obtained through literature reviews, fieldwork and review of museum collections. Forty-four species of amphibians belonging to 20 genera in eight families and three orders have been reported in Sikkim from 1864 to 2015. During our fieldwork, we recorded 23 species, of which two are new records for the state.

First record of Ombrana sikimensis (Jerdon, 1870) (Anura: Dicroglossidae) from the Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan, with comments on its use and conservation status

“…This habitat (Fig. 3) with rocky boulders is similar to the habitat described in Sikkim State of India by Subba et al (2017). The surrounding forest is partially disturbed due to the harvesting of firewood by The highest daily maximum temperature recorded at Zhemgang in May 2020 was 24.5 °C while the minimum was 9 °C (average, 33.5 °C) and the highest daily rainfall recorded at Zhemgang in May 2020 was 101.6 mm, with the total rainfall for the month being 374.9 mm (Climate Information Services, 2020).…”