<i>Euphlyctis Cyanophlyctis</i> Schneider, 1799 (Amphibia: Dicroglossidae) in district Lower Dir, Pakistan

Khan, W.; Hadi, N.; Dad, Islam; Panhwar, W. A.; Khan, T.; Shah, M.; Imran,; Khan, A. A.; Habiba, U.; Khaliq, G.; Alam, A.

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Original article • Braz. J. Biol. 82 • 2022 • https://doi.org/10.1590/1519-6984.236496 copy

Euphlyctis Cyanophlyctis Schneider, 1799 (Amphibia: Dicroglossidae) in district Lower Dir, Pakistan

Euphlyctis Cyanophlyctis (Schneider, 1799) Amphibia: Dicroglossidae no distrito de Lower Dir, Paquistão

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Abstract

Euphlyctis cyanophlyctis (the skittering frog) is one of the most widespread species in Pakistan. Present study was aimed to know the presence of Euphlyctis cyanophlyctis in urban and rural areas of Lower Dir, the North-western Pakistan. A total of 33 frogs were collected, including 15 from rural and 18 from urban areas. The frogs were caught by hands covered with gloves instead of using nets. The collection was managed from August to October 2016 and from April to May 2018. Morphometric analysis, coloration as well as photographs of the frogs have been provided in detail. Skittering frogs were seen frequent in swampy areas near the water bodies. These frogs were mostly seen after sunset.

Keywords:
morphological variation; morphometric analysis; E. cyanophlyctis; water bodies; dicroglossid frogs

Character	E.c.microspinulata subspp nov		E.c.ehrenbergii (Boulenger, 1920BOULENGER, G.A., 1920. A monograph of the South Asian, Papuan, Melanesian and Australian frogs of the genus Rana. Records of the Indian Museum, vol. 20, pp. 1-226.)		E.c. cynophlyctis		Rural (present collection)		Urban (present collection)
Character	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male (n=10)	Female (n=8)	Male (n=5)	Female (n=10)
Snout Vent length	41-45	50-63	60-66	75-92	40-47	45-62	38-42	50-60	40-43	51-62
Tibial length	21-24	25-30	29-30	39-41	21-24	24-31	20-22	23-30	21-22	24-31
Head:
Length	15-17	17-23	21-21.5	23-24	14-15	15-21	12-17	18-23	14-18	19-23
Breadth	15-18	16-23	22-23	26.27	15-16	17-23	13-16	16-21	16-17	16-22
Space:
Internarial	1.7-2	2-3	2-2.4	2-3	1-1.5	2-2.6	1-2	2-2.5	1-2	2-3
Inter-orbital	1-3	2-3	2-3	3-3.8	2-3	2-3	1-2	2-2.5	1-2	2-3
Upper eyelid
Length	5-6	5-7	6-6.5	6.6.5	5.6	5.6	4-5	5-7	5-6	6-7
Breadth	2-4	3-4	4.4.2	4.4.2	3.4	3-5.4	2-3	3-4	2-3.5	3-4
Snout length
Snout to naris	2-4	3-6	3-4.4	3.1	3-4	3-6	2-4	3-4.5	2-4	3-5.5
Naris to eye	3	3-5	4	5-6	3-5.4	5.6	3-4	3-4	3-4	3-5
Length of
Arm	23-24	27-33	29-33	36-39	22-24	26-34	20-22	25-30	21-23	26-33
hand	10-12	12-14	14-16	18.18	10-12	13-14	10-12	11-13	10-12	11-13.5
Leg	62-71	69-90	82-82	91-103	61-72	69-91	58-69	68-88	60-70	70-90
Foot	21-26	23-30	27-30	34-35	21-25	23-31	20-25	21-29	20-26	22-31
Tarsal	31-34	27-38	14-15	18.7	31-34	26-38	29-32	27-30	29-33	28-30
Tubercle	2-3	3-4	2-3.5	3.4	2-3	3-4	2-3	2-4	2-3	3-4

Factors	Specimens captured from				Total specimens captured (n=33)
Factors	cultivated land (n=5)	un-cultivated land (n=1)	human habitations (n=1)	water bodies (n=26)	Total specimens captured (n=33)
Areas
Urban	2	0	0	16	18
Rural	3	1	1	10	15
Sex
Male	3	1	1	10	15
Female	2	0	0	16	18
Age
Adult	4	1	1	21	27
Juvenile	1	0	0	5	6

site	Longitude ° E	Latitude ° N	Elevation (average) m
Chakdara	72.0290°	34.6666°	693
Ouch	72.0186°	34.7305°	555
Talash	71.8720°	34.7415°	835
Timergara	71.8423°	34.8278°	823

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