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Bufoides
About: Bufoides is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 2 publications have been published within this topic receiving 4 citations.
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TL;DR: Analysis of morphological, morphometric, and geographic distribution data revealed that Pedostibes tuberculosus, the type species of this genus from the Western Ghats, southwestern India, is morphologically distinct from the geographically separated member, P. kempi, which is distributed in northeastern India.
Abstract: We reassessed the taxonomic status of an Asian genus of arboreal bufonids, Pedostibes, based on examination of preserved material of the two species currently attributed to this genus Analysis of their morphological, morphometric, and geographic distribution data revealed that Pedostibes tuberculosus, the type species of this genus from the Western Ghats, southwestern India, is morphologically distinct from the geographically separated member, P kempi, which is distributed in northeastern India Hence, the generic nomen Pedostibes is restricted to the type species, rendering it a monotypic genus from the Western Ghats of peninsular India A re-examination and detailed comparisons of the types of P kempi with other bufonid genera revealed morphological similarities with another geographically proximate toad, Bufoides meghalayanus, from northeastern India Hence, this taxon is formally transferred herein to Bufoides with a redescription The composition of the recently described Southeast Asia
5 citations
1 Jan 2012
TL;DR: It was concluded that the tadpoles of this species fed on eggs and dead tadpole in the pot-holes or resorted to cannibalism, which led these authors to accommodate the species in a new genus Bufoides.
Abstract: INTRODUCIlON AND BRIEF mSTORY The Khasi Hills Rock Toad (Bufoides meghalayana) was first collected on 17th April, 1970 amongst the leaf axils of Screw Pine trees (Pandanusfurcatus) from the plateau of a large hill at Mawblang, about 5 km south"" east of Cherrapunjee town in East Khasi Hills district of Meghalaya State, Northeastern India by G.M. Yazdani and S.K. Chanda. The collectors described the species as Ansonia meghalayana assuming its relationship with Ghatophryne ornata of Brahmagiri hills in Coorg, Karnataka due to "absence of parotoid glands" but thought it distinct from it by presence of cranial ridges and the hidden tympanum (Yazdani and Chanda, 1971). The describers observed the species breeding in the leafaxils of screw pines where they also collected egg capsules measuring 91-122 mm with 23-40 eggs in them, each measuring about 4 mm in diameter. They presumed that these tiny toads migrated to the screw pine trees from elsewhere for breeding purpose and bred in the rain water accumulated in the leafaxils due to nonavailahility of suitable water bodies on the Mawblang plateau and also to secure better protection for their brood. Later Pillai and Yazdani (1973) again surveyed the Mawblang area of Cherrapunjee where they found these toads breeding only in elevated pot-holes on boulders, half a meter above the ground. These potholes were 12-25 cm in diameter and 25-40 cm in depth, contained only 1-3 liters of water and sheltered up to 400 metamorphosed toadlets but no eggs or dead tadpoles. These authors concluded that the tadpoles of this species fed on eggs and dead tadpoles in the pot-holes or resorted to cannibalism. The small size of the tadpoles and comparatively short larval duration supported their conclusion. Due to absence of suckerlike oral discs in tadpoles and as the adults do not breed in running water of streams like Ghatophryne, led these authors to accommodate the species in a new genus Bufoides. Das et af. (2009) re-discovered the species from the deep horizontal cleft of a sandstone boulder along a dry rocky stream about 100 meters from Mawblang village. The toads exhibited "unken" reflex and both sexes were found to possess parotoid glands.
4 citations
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