Micrixalus gadgili Pillai & Pattabiraman, 1990
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.
Micrixalus gadgili frog from india
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Open encyclopedia reference
Micrixalus gadgili (commonly known as Gadgil's Torrent Frog or Gadgil's Dancing Frog) is a species of frog in the family Micrixalidae.
It is endemic to the southern Western Ghats, India.
Its natural habitats are tropical moist lowland forests and rivers.
It is threatened by habitat loss.
The frog is named after Indian ecologist Madhav Gadgil.
Wikipedia contributors, Micrixalus gadgili; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T17:09:24.767985+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Micrixalus gadgili Pillai & Pattabiraman, 1990
- Name authority
- Pillai & Pattabiraman, 1990
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Amphibia
- Order
- Anura
- Family
- Micrixalidae
- Genus
- Micrixalus
- 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
- familyMicrixalidae Dubois, Ohler & Biju, 2001
- genusMicrixalus Boulenger, 1888
- speciesMicrixalus gadgili Pillai & Pattabiraman, 1990
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Micrixalus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
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=665075 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:42RGQ. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.