''Duttaphrynus silentvalleyensis'', also known as the Silent Valley toad or South Indian hill toad, is a species of
toad
Toad is a common name for certain frogs, especially of the family Bufonidae, that are characterized by dry, leathery skin, short legs, and large bumps covering the parotoid glands.
A distinction between frogs and toads is not made in scientif ...
endemic to
Kerala
Kerala ( ; ) is a state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile regions of Cochin, Malabar, South ...
, southern India. The
type specimen
In biology, a type is a particular wiktionary:en:specimen, specimen (or in some cases a group of specimens) of an organism to which the scientific name of that organism is formally attached. In other words, a type is an example that serves to a ...
was collected near or in the
Silent Valley National Park. It may be a synonym of ''
Duttaphrynus parietalis''.
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References
silentvalleyensis
Frogs of India
Endemic fauna of the Western Ghats
Fauna of Kerala
Amphibians described in 1981
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