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During the study we found 20 species of amphibians representing 6 families and
33 species of reptiles representing 9 families (Table 1; Figs. 2, 3 and 4). Amongst
amphibians, family Dicroglossidae was found to be the most species rich with a good
population size for each species. Minervarya teraiensis (Dubois 1984) was found
to be the most abundant of amphibians in the study site. Though Bufonidae has a
single species represented by Duttaphrynus melanostictus (Schneider 1799), it is the
second most abundant amphibian. Amongst lizards family Gekkonidae was the most
species rich represented by 6 species. Varanus bengalensis (Daudin 1802) was the
biggest of all the lizards and was reported to be eaten by the local tribe. Colubrid
snakes are the most species rich snake in the study site with Dendrelaphis proarchos
Wall 1909 being the most common one. The most important finding of this study
was a dicroglossidae frog, Hoplobatrachus litoralis (Hasan et al. 2012). This is the
first record of the frog from India (Purkayastha and Basak 2018).
Table 1 A systematic checklist of herpetofauna of Rowa Wildlife Sanctuary
Scientific name
Family
Class: Amphibia
Duttaphrynus melanostictus (Schneider 1799)
Bufonidae
Leptobrachium smithi Matsui Nabhitabhata and Panha 1999
Megophryidae
Megophrys parva (Boulenger 1893)
Megophryidae
Kaloula pulchra Gray 1831
Microhylidae
Microhyla rubra (Jerdon 1854)
Microhylidae
Microhyla ornata (Duméril and Bibron 1841)
Microhylidae
Microhyla berdmorei (Blyth 1856)
Microhylidae
Hoplobatrachus tigerinus (Daudin 1802)
Dicroglossidae
Minervarya nepalensis (Dubois 1975)
Dicroglossidae
Minervarya pierrei (Dubois 1975)
Dicroglossidae
Minervarya syhadrensis (Annandale 1919)
Dicroglossidae
Minervarya teraiensis (Dubois 1984)
Dicroglossidae
Euphlyctis cyanophlyctis (Schneider 1799)
Dicroglossidae
Euphlyctis hexadactylus (Lesson 1834)
Dicroglossidae
Hydrophylax leptoglossa (Cope 1868)
Ranidae
Hylarana tytleri Theobald 1868
Ranidae
Chiromantis simus (Annandale 1915)
Rhacophoridae
Philautus sp.
Rhacophoridae
Polypedates teraiensis (Dubois 1987)
Rhacophoridae
Rhacophorus bipunctatus Ahl 1927
Rhacophoridae
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During the study we found 20 species of amphibians representing 6 families and
33 species of reptiles representing 9 families (Table 1; Figs. 2, 3 and 4). Amongst
amphibians, family Dicroglossidae was found to be the most species rich with a good
population size for each species. Minervarya teraiensis (Dubois 1984) was found
to be the most abundant of amphibians in the study site. Though Bufonidae has a
single species represented by Duttaphrynus melanostictus (Schneider 1799), it is the
second most abundant amphibian. Amongst lizards family Gekkonidae was the most
species rich represented by 6 species. Varanus bengalensis (Daudin 1802) was the
biggest of all the lizards and was reported to be eaten by the local tribe. Colubrid
snakes are the most species rich snake in the study site with Dendrelaphis proarchos
Wall 1909 being the most common one. The most important finding of this study
was a dicroglossidae frog, Hoplobatrachus litoralis (Hasan et al. 2012). This is the
first record of the frog from India (Purkayastha and Basak 2018).
Table 1 A systematic checklist of herpetofauna of Rowa Wildlife Sanctuary
Scientific name
Family
Class: Amphibia
Duttaphrynus melanostictus (Schneider 1799)
Bufonidae
Leptobrachium smithi Matsui Nabhitabhata and Panha 1999
Megophryidae
Megophrys parva (Boulenger 1893)
Megophryidae
Kaloula pulchra Gray 1831
Microhylidae
Microhyla rubra (Jerdon 1854)
Microhylidae
Microhyla ornata (Duméril and Bibron 1841)
Microhylidae
Microhyla berdmorei (Blyth 1856)
Microhylidae
Hoplobatrachus tigerinus (Daudin 1802)
Dicroglossidae
Minervarya nepalensis (Dubois 1975)
Dicroglossidae
Minervarya pierrei (Dubois 1975)
Dicroglossidae
Minervarya syhadrensis (Annandale 1919)
Dicroglossidae
Minervarya teraiensis (Dubois 1984)
Dicroglossidae
Euphlyctis cyanophlyctis (Schneider 1799)
Dicroglossidae
Euphlyctis hexadactylus (Lesson 1834)
Dicroglossidae
Hydrophylax leptoglossa (Cope 1868)
Ranidae
Hylarana tytleri Theobald 1868
Ranidae
Chiromantis simus (Annandale 1915)
Rhacophoridae
Philautus sp.
Rhacophoridae
Polypedates teraiensis (Dubois 1987)
Rhacophoridae
Rhacophorus bipunctatus Ahl 1927
Rhacophoridae
(continued)