A checklist of amphibians of Kerala, India

Abstract

A checklist of amphibians of Kerala State is presented in this paper. Accepted English names, scientific binomen, vernacular names in Malayalam, IUCN conservation status, endemism, Indian Wildlife (Protection) Act schedules, and the appendices in the CITES, pertaining to the amphibians of Kerala are also given. The State of Kerala has 151 species of amphibians, 136 of which are endemic to Western Ghats and 50 species fall under the various threatened categories of IUCN.

Keywords

• Endemism
• CITES
• Malayalam name
• vernacular name
• Western Ghats
• Indian Wildlife (Protection) Act.