We surveyed for herpetofauna along the poorly-explored sections of Southern Eastern
Ghats. This 1000 hours-long large scale survey covered ranges stretching from near …

The report contributes to the community structure of the amphibians and reptiles and
provides preliminary information on species diversity and their microhabitat association in …

We rediscovered two species of toads, Bufo stomaticus peninsularis and Bufo brevirostris,
which were described from Peninsular India 84 and 101 years ago, respectively, but have …

Morphology of a hitherto fore unsampled population of Duttaphrynus hololius from
Hyderabad in mid-Deccan plateau (outlier), is presented and found consistent with that of …

Unlike any other terrestrial vertebrate groups, amphibians have complex life history traits
and most of them spend the early stages of their developmental cycle in the aquatic phase …

We report on the finding of the Günther Toad Duttaphrynus hololius from Visakhapatnam
and discuss aspects of its distribution based on our species distribution modeling. We also …

We for the first time describe the larval morphology of Günther's toad, Duttaphrynus hololius
(Günther, 1876) from shallow rainwater puddles on rocks in Gingee hills, Eastern Ghats …

Duttaphrynus hololius is an uncommon species of toad presumably endemic to peninsular
India. Since the original description, no records originated from the type locality “Malabar” or …

On 24 October 2013, MR visited the historic Chithannavasal (10 27'59.53" N, 78 44'0.42" E;
elev. 127 m), Pudukkottai District, Tamil Nadu. At about 1810 h, he encountered seven toads …