Journal of Threatened Taxa | www.threatenedtaxa.org | 26 September 2016 | 8(11): 9381
Sallywalkerana, a replacement name for Walkerana Dahanukar et al. 2016 (Anura: Ranixalidae)
Neelesh Dahanukar 1, Nikhil Modak 2, Keerthi Krutha 3, P.O. Nameer 4, Anand D. Padhye 5 & Sanjay Molur 6
1 Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), G1 Block, Dr. Homi Bhabha Road, Pashan, Pune, Maharashtra 411008, India
1,6 Systematics, Ecology and Conservation Laboratory, Zoo Outreach Organization (ZOO), 96 Kumudham Nagar, Vilankurichi Road, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu 641035, India
2 Department of Biodiversity, MES Abasaheb Garware College, Karve Road, Pune, Maharashtra 411004, India
3,6 Wildlife Information Liaison Development (WILD) Society,
96 Kumudham Nagar, Vilankurichi Road, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu 641035, India
4 Centre for Wildlife Studies, College of Forestry, Kerala Agricultural University, Thrissur, Kerala 680656, India
5 Department of Zoology, MES Abasaheb Garware College, Karve Road, Pune, Maharashtra 411004, India
5 Institute of Natural History Education and Research (INHER), B1/602 Kumar Parisar, Kothrud, Pune, Maharashtra 411038, India
1 n.dahanukar@iiserpune.ac.in (corresponding author), 2 nikhilsmodak@gmail.com, 3 keerthi@zooreach.org, 4 nameer.po@kau.in, 5 anand.padhye@mesagc.org, 6 herpinvert@gmail.com
doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.11609/jott.3056.8.11.9381 | ZooBank: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:DFE29911-DC5E-4458-A839-6FE1F8B93092
Editor: Anonymity requested. Date of publication: 26 September 2016 (online & print)Manuscript details: Ms # 3056 | Received 19 September 2016 | Finally accepted 21 September 2016
Citation: Dahanukar, N., N. Modak, K. Krutha, P.O. Nameer, A.D. Padhye & S. Molur (2016). Sallywalkerana, a replacement name for Walkerana Dahanukar et al. 2016 (Anura: Ranixalidae). Journal of Threatened Taxa 8(11): 9381; http://dx.doi.org/10.11609/jott.3056.8.11.9381
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Dahanukar et al. (2016: pp. 9234) made available the genus name Walkerana (ZooBank id: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:1A088397-8F05-4339-8696-A50093E88CD5; type species: Ixalus diplostictus Günther, 1876: 574, Pl. 63 fig. C) within the family Ranixalidae for the monophyletic group with reduced webbing endemic to the Western Ghats of India south of the Palghat gap. We were unaware that this name was preoccupied by Walkerana Otte & Perez-Gelabert in Otte (2009), under Insecta: Orthoptera: Gryllidae. As a result, a replacement name for this genus of leaping frogs becomes necessary. Here we propose Sallywalkerana gen. nov. as the replacement name for Walkerana Dahanukar, Modak, Krutha, Nameer, Padhye & Molur, 2016.
Sallywalkerana gen. nov.
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Type species: Ixalus diplostictus Günther, 1876: 574, Pl. 63 fig. C.
Diagnosis for the genus is same as for Walkerana Dahanukar, Modak, Krutha, Nameer, Padhye & Molur, 2016 (pp. 9234). The replacement generic name is a combination of Sally Walker’s name and the Latin name for frogs, Rana, and is used as a noun.
Included species: Sallywalkerana diplosticta (Günther, 1876) comb. nov., S. leptodactyla (Boulenger, 1882) comb. nov., S. phrynoderma (Boulenger, 1882) comb. nov.
References
Dahanukar, N., N. Modak, K. Krutha, P.O. Nameer, A.D. Padhye & S. Molur (2016). Leaping frogs (Anura: Ranixalidae) of the Western Ghats of India: An integrated taxonomic review. Journal of Threatened Taxa 8(10): 9221–9288; http://dx.doi.org/10.11609/jott.2532.8.10.9221-9288
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