[3] They are dark reddish-purple in colour, but fade to pale brown or grey when preserved in alcohol.

[1] Asanada agharkari was initially described by Frederic Henry Gravely in 1912 in the seventh volume of the Records of the Indian Museum, a journal based in Calcutta.

There is one adult and one juvenile, both are slightly damaged and have suffered decolourization due to long preservation.

[3] A. agharkari is endemic to India and is found the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, as well as the states of Bihar, Maharashtra, Odisha (Orissa), and Madhya Pradesh.

[7] The type locality (of the lectotype) is Koyna Valley in the Western Ghats, in Satara District in Maharashtra.