Indirana chiravasi Padhye, Modak & Dahanukar, 2014
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Indirana chiravasi, Amboli leaping frog, is an endemic frog from India.
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Open encyclopedia reference
Indirana chiravasi (common name: Amboli leaping frog) is a species of frog endemic to the Western Ghats of India. It is only known from its type locality, the laterite plateaus by the hill-station of Amboli, Maharashtra. It was described in 2014 by a team of three scientists from IISER, Pune and MES Abasaheb Garware College.
Wikipedia contributors, Indirana chiravasi; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T16:39:19.200171+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Indirana chiravasi Padhye, Modak & Dahanukar, 2014
- Name authority
- Padhye, Modak & Dahanukar, 2014
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Amphibia
- Order
- Anura
- Family
- Ranixalidae
- Genus
- Indirana
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classAmphibia
- orderAnura
- familyRanixalidae Dubois, 1987
- genusIndirana Laurent, 1986
- speciesIndirana chiravasi Padhye, Modak & Dahanukar, 2014
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Indirana. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Indirana beddomii (Günther, 1876) | RanixalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Indirana bhadrai Garg & Biju, 2016 | RanixalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Indirana brachytarsus (Günther, 1876) | RanixalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Indirana duboisi Dahanukar, Modak, Krutha, Nameer, Padhye & Molur, 2016 | RanixalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Indirana longicrus (Rao, 1937) | RanixalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Indirana sarojamma Dahanukar, Modak, Krutha, Nameer, Padhye & Molur, 2016 | RanixalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Indirana tysoni Dahanukar, Modak, Krutha, Nameer, Padhye & Molur, 2016 | RanixalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Indirana gundia (Dubois, 1986) | RanixalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Indirana paramakri Garg & Biju, 2016 | RanixalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Indirana leithii (Boulenger, 1888) | RanixalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Indirana salelkari Modak, Dahanukar, Gosavi & Padhye, 2015 | RanixalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Indirana semipalmata (Boulenger, 1882) | RanixalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=1100359 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:3PMW7. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.