Whistles in the reeds: a new country record of the deeply divergent Gracixalus medogensis, with additional insights on Gracixalus frogs (Rhacophoridae) in India
Author
Tajo, Tage
0000-0002-3525-3185
Systematics Lab, Department of Environmental Studies, University of Delhi, Delhi, India
tagetajo@gmail.com
Author
Upadhyaya K., Radhakrishna
0000-0002-3548-1575
Systematics Lab, Department of Environmental Studies, University of Delhi, Delhi, India
rkupadhyaya28@gmail.com
Author
Dikshit Akalabya Sarmah, A. N.
0009-0004-4746-0802
Systematics Lab, Department of Environmental Studies, University of Delhi, Delhi, India
eklavyakrum@yahoo.com
Author
Garg, Sonali
0000-0002-0048-4346
Systematics Lab, Department of Environmental Studies, University of Delhi, Delhi, India & Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology and Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
sonaligarg@fas.harvard.edu
Author
Biju, S. D.
0000-0003-1039-4421
Systematics Lab, Department of Environmental Studies, University of Delhi, Delhi, India
sdbiju@es.du.ac.in
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Zootaxa
2025
2025-07-07
5659
4
511
535
https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5659.4.3
journal article
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TABLE 3. Morphometric measurements of Gracixalus medogensis (N = 5) and Gracixalus patkaiensis (N = 3) specimens from the present study. All specimens are males and measurements are in mm. Character definitions are provided in the Materials and Methods section. | | | Gracixalus medogensis | | | | Gracixalus patkaiensis | |
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| SDBDU 2024.6748 | SDBDU 2024.6579 | SDBDU 2024.6586 | SDBDU 2022.6244 | SDBDU 2025.6779 | Mean ±S.D. | SDBDU 2024.6708 | SDBDU 2024.6709 | SDBDU 2025.6790 | Mean ±S.D. |
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| SVL | 26.1 | 27.3 | 27.3 | 24.1 | 29.7 | 26.9±2.0 | 23.0 | 25.1 | 23.7 | 23.9±1.0 |
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| HW | 8.7 | 8.8 | 8.9 | 8.6 | 10.5 | 9.0±0.5 | 7.4 | 7.6 | 7.5 | 7.5±0.1 |
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| HL | 9.4 | 9.7 | 9.6 | 9.4 | 10.9 | 9.8±0.6 | 8.3 | 8.4 | 8.3 | 8.3±0.1 |
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| TYD | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.3±0.1 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.3±0.1 |
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| SL | 3.9 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 4.0±0.3 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 3.5 | 3.6±0.2 |
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| EL | 3.1 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 3.3 | 3.2±0.1 | 2.7 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 2.8±0.2 |
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| IUE | 3.3 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.4±0.1 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.3±0.2 |
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| UEW | 2.2 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.5±0.2 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.4±0.1 |
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| EN | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.2±0.1 | 1.9 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 2.0±0.1 |
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| NS | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 1.6±0.1 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.4±0.1 |
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| IN | 3.2 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.1±0.1 | 2.1 | 2.5 | 2.2 | 2.3±0.2 |
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| FAL | 5.5 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.3 | 6.2 | 5.6±0.2 | 5.2 | 5.9 | 5.1 | 5.4±0.4 |
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| HAL | 8.1 | 9.7 | 9.7 | 8.0 | 10.2 | 9.1±1.0 | 7.6 | 8.0 | 7.8 | 7.8±0.2 |
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| TL | 12.6 | 12.9 | 12.8 | 12.4 | 15.1 | 13.2±1.0 | 13.4 | 13.9 | 13.2 | 13.5±0.4 |
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| ShL | 13.5 | 14.3 | 14.1 | 13.5 | 16.0 | 14.5±1.1 | 13.3 | 13.9 | 13.5 | 13.6±0.3 |
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| FOL | 11.7 | 11.5 | 11.3 | 11.3 | 13.8 | 12.4±1.5 | 10.3 | 10.9 | 10.5 | 10.6±0.3 |
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| TFOL | 18.1 | 20.3 | 19.9 | 17.6 | 22.1 | 20.0±2.1 | 16.9 | 17.8 | 17.0 | 17.2±0.5 |
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