Conservation of &lt;i&gt;Cremnoconchus&lt;/i&gt; Blanford 1869, an Iconic Freshwater Gastropod Genus from the Western Ghats, India

Aravind, N. A.; Sarma, Roshmi R.; Madhyastha, N. A.

doi:10.18520/cs/v111/i6/1097-1103

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“…This is supported by the fact that three new discoveries were reported from this region in recent years (Joshy et al 2009;Priti et al 2016;Seshadri et al 2016a). Apart from frogs, the western slopes of the Western Ghats, in which these districts lie, harbour some unique and endemic biodiversity (Reid et al 2013;Aravind et al 2016). Only a small percent of this geographic area is legally protected.…”

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A new species of Microhyla Tschudi, 1838 (Anura: Microhylidae) from West Coast of India: an integrative taxonomic approach

Vineeth

Radhakrishna

Godwin³

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A new species of microhylid frog Microhyla kodial sp. nov. from the west coast of India is described in this paper. It is distinct from all described species of Microhyla occurring in South and Southeast Asia as revealed by a combination of morphological, molecular and acoustic characters. The new species is characterized by absence of lateral body stripe, tuberculated dorsal skin surface, absence of webbing between fingers, presence of basal webbing between toes and absence of dorsal marginal groove on finger and toe disc. Each male advertisement call lasts for 0.11–0.42 s and is comprised of 2–7 pulses with a dominant frequency of 3.3–4.2 kHz. The breeding season is short, limited to the rainy season (June to September) and the females lay up to 300 eggs per clutch. A molecular phylogenetic tree constructed using the mitochondrial 16S rRNA gene shows that M. kodial sp. nov. is closely related to the M. achatina group from Southeast Asia. The uncorrected genetic divergence between the new species and its closest congeners M. heymonsi, M. mantheyi, M. borneensis and M. orientalis were 7.3–7.6 %, 7.5–7.8%, 7.8–8.1% and 8.1–8.4% respectively. At present, this species is known only from the type locality, a highly disturbed urban and industrialized area which needs conservation intervention.

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A new species of Microhyla Tschudi, 1838 (Anura: Microhylidae) from West Coast of India: an integrative taxonomic approach

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Radhakrishna

Godwin³

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Endemicity and radiation in waterfalls of the Western Ghats: The genus Cremnoconchus (Gastropoda: Littorinidae)

Saha

Chakraborty

Ravikanth

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Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

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A note on the occurrence of Cremnochonchus conicus (Blanford, 1870) in Mumbai, India

Kaji¹,

Yadav

2023

J. Threat. Taxa

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The Caenogastropod family Littorinidae is almost exclusively marine, but a unique freshwater genus, Cremnoconchus, is known from India. Cremnoconchus conicus (Blanford, 1870) were observed on 11th of July, 2021 in healthy populations in Conservation Education Centre of Mumbai. The species preferred streams and smaller waterfalls (cascades) with stony substrate and dense riparian vegetation. The note emphasizes on extension of its present known range and habitat preferences.

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Conservation of <i>Cremnoconchus</i> Blanford 1869, an Iconic Freshwater Gastropod Genus from the Western Ghats, India

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A new species of Microhyla Tschudi, 1838 (Anura: Microhylidae) from West Coast of India: an integrative taxonomic approach

A new species of Microhyla Tschudi, 1838 (Anura: Microhylidae) from West Coast of India: an integrative taxonomic approach

Endemicity and radiation in waterfalls of the Western Ghats: The genus Cremnoconchus (Gastropoda: Littorinidae)

A note on the occurrence of Cremnochonchus conicus (Blanford, 1870) in Mumbai, India

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