taxonID	type	description	language	source
0D25AB69B598C01509BB7FB867A3FBE0.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The generic name is a patronym, coined in appreciation of Edward Blyth (1810 - 1873), the first curator of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, who initiated herpetological studies in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, through his phenomenal, pioneering paper " Notes on the fauna of the Nicobar islands " (Blyth 1846). Das (1999) remarked, " Blyth is to be credited for the description of a large number of species from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands that are still valid. Blyth (1846) wrote the first account on the vertebrate fauna of these islands, and in 1863, compiled the first check-list ". Further details of Edward Blyth and his contributions to studies on Indian natural history are in Das (2004) and Sridharan (2013). The specific epithet ' beryet ' (in Great Andamanese language; http: // www. andamanese. net / Great _ Andamanese _ Lexicon _ English. pdf) refers to ' small frog'. We believe that the Great Andamanese knew of the existence of this small arboreal anuran that is here described as new species to science. We hope the name given here will also raise awareness about the dwindling, indigenous tribal populations in the Andamans, their culture and extinction of their tribal languages.	en	Chandramouli, S. R., Vasudevan, Karthikeyan, Harikrishnan, S., Dutta, Sushil Kumar, Janani, S. Jegath, Sharma, Richa, Das, Indraneil, Aggarwal, Ramesh K. (2016): A new genus and species of arboreal toad with phytotelmonous larvae, from the Andaman Islands, India (Lissamphibia, Anura, Bufonidae). ZooKeys 555: 57-90, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.555.6522, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.555.6522
0D25AB69B598C01509BB7FB867A3FBE0.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. This currently monotypic genus and species is diagnosed by the following suite of external morphological and osteological characters: small adult size (mean SVL 24.0 mm; range 21.8 - 27.4 mm); distinct tympanum, slightly smaller than eye; absence of cephalic ridges; absence of vomerine teeth; presence of a single, median, external vocal sac in males; presence of elongated pair of parotoid glands; absence of enlarged, keratinised tubercles on dorsum; presence of well developed, sheath-like webbing on fingers and on toes; digit tips dilated to discs, lacking circum-marginal grooves; presence of six presacral vertebrae; urostyle lacking lateral dilations; absence of omosternum and presence of arciferal pectoral girdle. Mature ova small (0.62 mm mean diameter), yolky and unpigmented; tadpoles lacking keratodont.	en	Chandramouli, S. R., Vasudevan, Karthikeyan, Harikrishnan, S., Dutta, Sushil Kumar, Janani, S. Jegath, Sharma, Richa, Das, Indraneil, Aggarwal, Ramesh K. (2016): A new genus and species of arboreal toad with phytotelmonous larvae, from the Andaman Islands, India (Lissamphibia, Anura, Bufonidae). ZooKeys 555: 57-90, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.555.6522, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.555.6522
0D25AB69B598C01509BB7FB867A3FBE0.taxon	distribution	Distribution. This species has been documented from five islands of the Andaman archipelago, namely, the South Andaman (Mt. Harriet), Rutland, Little Andaman, Havelock Island in the Ritchie's Archipelago and North Andaman (Saddle Peak) (Fig. 4).	en	Chandramouli, S. R., Vasudevan, Karthikeyan, Harikrishnan, S., Dutta, Sushil Kumar, Janani, S. Jegath, Sharma, Richa, Das, Indraneil, Aggarwal, Ramesh K. (2016): A new genus and species of arboreal toad with phytotelmonous larvae, from the Andaman Islands, India (Lissamphibia, Anura, Bufonidae). ZooKeys 555: 57-90, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.555.6522, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.555.6522
