Status Survey of the Khasi Hills Rock Toad (&lt;i&gt;Bufoides meghalayana&lt;/i&gt;) at Cherrapunjee, Meghalaya

Deuti, Kaushik; Ray, Sukumar; Dey, Swapan Kumar

doi:10.26515/rzsi/v111/i3/2011/158851

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“…Since its description, no further records or observations of this species have been made until now. Studies conducted in this region have uncovered several new and noteworthy species but B. kempi remained elusive to scientists until now (Datta-Roy et al 2013;Deuti et al 2012;Biju et al 2016;Giri et al 2019). Although Das et al (2009) mentioned a specimen (MFA 10134) of Bufoides collected from Tura, Garo Hills, no taxonomic assessment of this specimen has been made until now, which still remains unidentified.…”

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“…"above Tura, Garo Hills" (Boulenger 1919) for B. kempi and "Mawblang plateau" (Yazdani & Chanda 1971) for B. meghalayanus and the vicinity of these localities were surveyed intensively, in addition to the other sites to locate the target species. Additional sites within Meghalaya (Deuti et al 2012), apart from these two localities from where Bufoides is known until now were also surveyed. Field sampling was carried out from March-May & October 2021.…”

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“…During this study, B. meghalayanus was recorded from a few locations in the Khasi hills within an altitudinal range of 1060-1240 m that are mapped in Figure 3. Additional localities were provided by Deuti et al (2012).…”

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“…One of the most poorly-known among them is the genus Bufoides Pillai & Yazdani (1973) which comprises two species namely B. meghalayanus (Yazdani & Chanda 1971) and B. kempi (Boulenger 1919) (after Chandramouli & Amarasinghe 2016). Among them, the type species, B. meghalayanus is fairly better-known in terms of its distribution, biology, ecology, and natural history (Yazdani & Chanda 1971;Pillai & Yazdani 1973;Das et al 2009;Deuti et al 2012). On the other hand, there has been no information on any of the above aspects for the previously-described species B. kempi.…”

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Systematics of the enigmatic and narrowly endemic toad genus Bufoides Pillai & Yazdani, 1973: rediscovery of Bufoides kempi (Boulenger, 1919) and expanded description of Bufoides meghalayanus (Yazdani & Chanda, 1971) (Amphibia: Anura: Bufonidae) with notes on natural history and distribution

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Bufoides kempi (Boulenger, 1919) known only from the two historical syntype specimens until now was rediscovered after more than a century from near its type locality in the Garo Hills, Meghalaya, northeastern India. Analysis of mitochondrial 16S rRNA gene reveals congenericity between B. kempi and B. meghalayanus with an inter-specific genetic divergence of 4.67%. Description of B. kempi is expanded based on the six male and two female specimens collected during this study. We provide the first description of calls for this genus, notes on their breeding biology and larval morphology. Additional specimens of B. meghalayanus collected during this study are described to supplement its characterization.

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Systematics of the enigmatic and narrowly endemic toad genus Bufoides Pillai & Yazdani, 1973: rediscovery of Bufoides kempi (Boulenger, 1919) and expanded description of Bufoides meghalayanus (Yazdani & Chanda, 1971) (Amphibia: Anura: Bufonidae) with notes on natural history and distribution

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“…To resolve the taxonomic uncertainty surrounding Bufoides in Mizoram (Figure 1), we undertook targeted searches for Bufoides in their preferred microhabitats in moist, cool canopy-shaded rock outcrops in subtropical forests (Pillai and Yazdani 1973;Deuti et al 2012;Naveen et al 2022). A total of three Bufoides specimens, comprising one adult female and two adult males, were collected from rock crevices of dry streams from two different locations within Dampa Tiger Reserve.…”

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A new species of Bufoides Pillai and Yazdani 1973 (Amphibia: Bufonidae) from Mizoram (India) and the delimitation of the distribution range of Bufoides meghalayanus (Yazdani & Chanda 1971) to the Khasi hills, Meghalaya (India)

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Abstract. Naveen RS, Tapley B, Chandramouli SR, Jervis PA, Babu S, Meetei AB, Karunakaran PV. 2023. A new species of Bufoides Pillai and Yazdani 1973 (Amphibia: Bufonidae) from Mizoram (India) and the delimitation of the distribution range of Bufoides meghalayanus (Yazdani & Chanda 1971) to the Khasi hills, Meghalaya (India). Biodiversitas 24: 4617-4627. The Oriental toad genus Bufoides currently comprises two species: Bufoides meghalayanus and B. kempi. Populations of Bufoides from Mizoram were previously considered to be conspecific with Bufoides meghalayanus, although it has been hypothesized that these populations could represent an undescribed species. An uncorrected p-distance at the 16S rDNA gene between the Mizoram population and each of the two congeneric species was 2.74-3.0% and 3.5% for B. meghalayanus and B. kempi respectively. We describe the population from Dampa Tiger Reserve, Mizoram, as new based on molecular from two specimens and morphological data from two adult males and one adult female. We confirm that B. meghalayanus is endemic to the Khasi Hills in Meghalaya and it does not occur in Mizoram. The new species from Mizoram differs from congeneric species by differences in interdigital webbing, coloration, skin tuberculation and the presence of ovoid, tuberculated and depressed parotoid glands. Like other Bufoides species, it is a microhabitat specialist and utilizes streamside rock crevices as refugia, which might make it vulnerable to changes in habitat. The new species is currently only known to occur in Dampa Tiger Reserve and it is probably range-restricted and likely meets the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s criteria for being assessed as Critically Endangered.

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Status Survey of the Khasi Hills Rock Toad (<i>Bufoides meghalayana</i>) at Cherrapunjee, Meghalaya

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Systematics of the enigmatic and narrowly endemic toad genus Bufoides Pillai & Yazdani, 1973: rediscovery of Bufoides kempi (Boulenger, 1919) and expanded description of Bufoides meghalayanus (Yazdani & Chanda, 1971) (Amphibia: Anura: Bufonidae) with notes on natural history and distribution

Systematics of the enigmatic and narrowly endemic toad genus Bufoides Pillai & Yazdani, 1973: rediscovery of Bufoides kempi (Boulenger, 1919) and expanded description of Bufoides meghalayanus (Yazdani & Chanda, 1971) (Amphibia: Anura: Bufonidae) with notes on natural history and distribution

A new species of Bufoides Pillai and Yazdani 1973 (Amphibia: Bufonidae) from Mizoram (India) and the delimitation of the distribution range of Bufoides meghalayanus (Yazdani & Chanda 1971) to the Khasi hills, Meghalaya (India)

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