The shrub frog genus Philautus Gistel, characterized by endotrophic development, was revised in 2001 with
22 species in India, of which 11 species are from South India (Bossuyt & Dubois, 2001). Subsequently, ten
new species of this genus were described from the Western Ghats (Bossuyt, 2002; Kuramoto & Joshy, 2003;
Biju & Bossuyt, 2005a; Biju & Bossuyt, 2005b; Biju & Bossuyt, 2005c; Biju & Bossuyt, 2006; Gururaja et al.2007). Amphibian taxonomy in general, and of the genus Philautus in particular has not been well studied in
this region (Bossuyt, 2002; Biju & Bossuyt, 2005c). The Western Ghats being an amphibian diversity hotspot,
many more new discoveries are awaiting. During our recent survey in the Western Ghats we came across an
undescribed species of shrub frog of the genus Philautus, in Kakkayam Reserve Forest in the Waynaad hill
ranges. We describe this species herein as Philautus ochlandrae sp.nov. 
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