On a new Genus of the Family Engystomatidæ (Batrachia).

On the nomina Ramanella and Ramanella symbiotica (Anura: Microhylidae)

“…Ramanna, who has shown great zeal in collecting research material for cytological and embryological work (Rao and Ramanna 1925: 587-588). Ramaswami (1936Ramaswami ( : 1137 therefore correctly stated in a footnote " Rao (1925) only associated the new genus with the name of his pupil Ramanna, and therefore the new genus was founded by Rao," and this attribution was repeated in Ramaswami (1939). Neave (1940), Golvan (1962), and Rees (2022) also correctly attributed the genus Ramanella to Rao 1925.…”

“…However, that statement is erroneous as the publication date of the part of the Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London that contained the article by Rao and Ramanna was clearly shown to be in 1925 by Duncan (1937). GNI (2022) has multiple entries for Ramanella, most attributing the authorship to Rao and Ramanna 1925, once (correctly) to Rao 1925, and one entry attributing it to Ramanna 1926 (presumably following Srinivasulu et al 2006). Page (2022) cited Ramanella four times but only once with authorship, attributed (correctly) to Rao 1925.…”

“…GNI (2022) has multiple entries for Ramanella, most attributing the authorship to Rao and Ramanna 1925, once (correctly) to Rao 1925, and one entry attributing it to Ramanna 1926 (presumably following Srinivasulu et al 2006). Page (2022) cited Ramanella four times but only once with authorship, attributed (correctly) to Rao 1925. This one entry bears the silhouette of a lizard adjacent to the nomen (used on SpeciesCite to indicate the taxonomic group to which the nomen belongs) as opposed to the silhouette of a frog found in the three entries without explicit attribution of authorship or date.…”

“…Rao and Ramanna (1925: 587) listed the species epithet of the type species as symbiotica on the contents page; however, on the following page, where the species is formally described, the name is spelled "symbioitca," a lapsus calami per Article 32.5.1 of the Code (ICZN 2012). Parker (1934: 90, 94) listed the nomen as "symbioitica," but this spelling is found nowhere in Rao and Ramanna (1925). Parker (1934) mention the existence of two spellings of the species epithet in Rao and Ramanna (1925) nor did he provide a spelling consistent with either species epithet in Rao and Ramanna (1925), thus failing to meet the criteria of First Reviser per Article 24.2.3 of the Code (ICZN 2012).…”

“…Parker (1934: 90, 94) listed the nomen as "symbioitica," but this spelling is found nowhere in Rao and Ramanna (1925). Parker (1934) mention the existence of two spellings of the species epithet in Rao and Ramanna (1925) nor did he provide a spelling consistent with either species epithet in Rao and Ramanna (1925), thus failing to meet the criteria of First Reviser per Article 24.2.3 of the Code (ICZN 2012). The next author to mention this species was Ramaswami (1936Ramaswami ( , 1939, who consistently used the spelling symbiotica (Ramaswami 1936(Ramaswami : 1138(Ramaswami , 1152(Ramaswami -11531939: 44), also failing to meet the requirements of Article 24.2.3 of the Code (ICZN 2012).…”