Morphological groupings within Euphlyctis (Anura: Dicroglossidae) and description of a new species from the surroundings of Thattekad Bird Sanctuary, Kerala, India Author Dinesh, K. P. Zoological Survey of India (ZSI), Western Regional Centre (WRC), Pune - 411044, India Author Channakeshavamurthy, B. H. Zoological Survey of India (ZSI), Western Ghats Regional Centre (WGRC), Calicut- 673006, India Author Deepak, P. 0000-0003-2261-4671 Mount Carmel College, Autonomous; No. 58, Palace Road, Vasanth Nagar, Bengaluru- 560052, India deepak. sphaeros @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 2261 - 4671 deepak.sphaeros@gmail.com Author Ghosh, Avrajjal 0000-0002-1049-6455 School of Biological Sciences, National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER), Bhubaneswar- 752050, India avrajjal. ghosh @ niser. ac. in; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 1049 - 6455 avrajjal.ghosh@niser.ac.in Author Deuti, Kaushik 0000-0003-3319-3665 Herpetology Division, FPS Building, Zoological Survey of India (ZSI), 27 JL Nehru Road, Kolkata- 700016, India kaushikdeuti @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 3319 - 3665 kaushikdeuti@gmail.com text Zootaxa 2021 2021-06-21 4990 2 329 353 journal article 5545 10.11646/zootaxa.4990.2.7 6ed20c9f-22ea-440d-bad9-2db6fe0527f3 1175-5326 5026625 CA6C0062-D733-4A3F-84C2-773481B81349

TABLE 3. List of Abbreviations used for Morphological measurements.

AG	axilla to groin distance
EL	eye length, i.e., the horizontal distance between the bony orbital borders of the eye
FFL	fourth finger length (tip of finger to proximal palmar tubercle)
FL1	first finger length (tip of finger to proximal palmar tubercle)
FL2	second finger length (tip of finger to proximal palmar tubercle)
FLL	forelimb length, measured from the elbow to the base of the outer palmar tubercle
FOL	foot length, measured from the base of the inner metatarsal tubercle to the tip of the fourth toe
FTL	fourth toe length, measured from base of proximal sub articular tubercle to toe tip
HAL	hand length, measured from the base of the outer palmar tubercle to the tip of the third finger
HL	head length, from the rear of the mandible to the tip of the snout
HW	head width, at the angle of the jaws
IBE	distance between posterior corner of eyes
IFE	distance between anterior corner of eyes
IMT	length of inner metatarsal tubercle
IN	internarial distance
ITL	inner toe length
IUE	inter upper eyelid width, i.e., the shortest distance between the upper eyelids
MBE	distance from the rear of the mandible to the posterior most orbital border
MFE	distance from the rear of the mandible to the anterior most orbital border
MN	distance from the rear of the mandible to the nostril
NE	nostril to eye distance
NS	nostril to snout tip distance
ShL/FL	thigh length
SL	snout length, measured from the tip of the snout to the anterior most orbital border
SVL	snout to vent length
Tal	tarsus length
TE	tympanum to eye distance
TFL	third finger length (tip of finger to proximal palmar tubercle)
TiL	tibia length
TYD	tympanum diameter
UEW	maximum upper eyelid width
WBS	body width behind shoulders
WFG	body width in front of groin