{"data":[{"source":"bio.acousti.ca","id":"57641","type":"article","title":"A new species of Polypedates Tschudi, 1838 (Amphibia: Anura: Rhacophoridae) from West Bengal State, Eastern India","author":"PURKAYASTHA, JAYADITYA; Das, Madhurima; MONDAL, KINGSHUK; MITRA, SHIBAJEE; CHAUDHURI, ANIRBAN; DAS, INDRANEIL","editor":null,"year":"2019","month":null,"journal":null,"booktitle":null,"series":null,"howpublished":null,"volume":null,"number":null,"pages":null,"chapter":null,"edition":null,"publisher":null,"organization":null,"institution":null,"school":null,"address":null,"type_of_work":null,"note":null,"isbn":null,"issn":null,"doi":"10.11646\/zootaxa.4691.5.6","url":null,"attachments":"https:\/\/bio.acousti.ca\/sites\/default\/files\/57911-188878-1-PB.pdf","keywords":null,"abstract":"A new species of frog belonging to the genus Polypedates Tschudi is described from the state of West Bengal, Eastern India. A mid-sized frog, SVL ranges from 47.9\u201353.6 mm in males and 72.0 mm in the single female. The species is diagnosable in showing the following suite of characters: digits lack webbing, inner and outer metacarpal tubercles present; no dermal fold on forearm; toes webbed, webbing formula I1\u20131 II0.5\u20132III1\u20132IV2\u20130.5V; an inner metatarsal tubercle present; tibio-tarsal articulation reaches between eye and nostril; and skin on forehead co-ossified to cranium. Additionally, males possess paired vocal sacs. The new species is compared with known species of the genus Polypedates.","type_name":"Journal Article","journal_abbreviation":null,"pmid":null,"info_url":"https:\/\/bio.acousti.ca\/node\/57641"}]}