List of amphibians of India

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This is an index to the amphibians found in India. The amphibians of India show a high level of endemism.[1] This list is based largely on Frost (2006)[2] and includes common names from older books and journals.[3]

Some Indian frogs
Some Indian frogs

Contents

[edit] Order Anura

[edit] Family Bufonidae

[edit] Family Ceratobatrachidae

  • Ingerana charlesdarwini (Das, 1998) =Rana charlesdarwini

[edit] Family Dicroglossidae

[edit] Dicroglossinae

[edit] Occidozyginae

  • Occidozyga borealis (Annandale, 1912)
  • Occidozyga lima (Gravenhorst, 1829)
  • Occidozyga sumatrana (Peters, 1877)

[edit] Family Hylidae

[edit] Family Megophryidae

[edit] Family Micrixalidae

  • Micrixalus elegans (Rao, 1937)
  • Micrixalus fuscus (Boulenger, 1882)
  • Micrixalus gadgili Pillai and Pattabiraman, 1990
  • Micrixalus kottigeharensis (Rao, 1937)
  • Micrixalus narainensis (Rao, 1937)
  • Micrixalus nudis Pillai, 1978
  • Micrixalus phyllophilus (Jerdon, 1854)
  • Micrixalus saxicola (Jerdon, 1854)
  • Micrixalus silvaticus (Boulenger, 1882)
  • Micrixalus swamianus (Rao, 1937)
  • Micrixalus thampii Pillai, 1981

[edit] Family Microhylidae

[edit] Family Nyctibatrachidae

  • Nyctibatrachus aliciae Inger, Shaffer, Koshy, and Bakde, 1984
  • Nyctibatrachus beddomii (Boulenger, 1882)
  • Nyctibatrachus deccanensis Dubois, 1984
  • Nyctibatrachus humayuni Bhaduri and Kripalani, 1955
  • Nyctibatrachus hussaini Krishnamurthy, Reddy, and Gururaja, 2001
  • Nyctibatrachus kempholeyensis (Rao, 1937)
  • Nyctibatrachus major Boulenger, 1882
  • Nyctibatrachus minor Inger, Shaffer, Koshy, and Bakde, 1984
  • Nyctibatrachus petraeus Das and Kunte, 2005
  • Nyctibatrachus sanctipalustris Rao, 1920
  • Nyctibatrachus sylvaticus Rao, 1937
  • Nyctibatrachus vasanthi Ravichandran, 1997

[edit] Family Petropedetidae

[edit] Family Ranidae

[edit] Family Rhacophoridae

  • Chiromantis cherrapunjiae = Chirixalus cherrapunjiae (Roonwal and Kripalani, 1966)
  • Chiromantis doriae = Chirixalus doriae Boulenger, 1893
  • Chiromantis dudhwaensis = Chirixalus dudhwaensis Ray, 1992
  • Chiromantis shyamrupus = Chirixalus shyamrupus (Chanda and Ghosh, 1989)
  • Chiromantis simus = Chirixalus simus Annandale, 1915
  • Chiromantis vittatus = Chirixalus vittatus (Boulenger, 1887)
  • Nyctixalus moloch (Annandale, 1912)
  • Kurixalus verrucosus = Rhacophorus verrucosus Boulenger, 1893
  • Aquixalus bisacculus = Rhacophorus bisacculus Taylor, 1962
  • Aquixalus naso = Polypedates naso (Annandale, 1912)
  • Philautus andersoni (Ahl, 1927)
  • Philautus anili Biju and Bossuyt, 2006
  • Philatus luteolus Kuramoto and Joshy, 2003
  • Philatus tuberohumerus Kuramoto and Joshy, 2003
  • Philautus annandalii (Boulenger, 1906)
  • Philautus beddomii (Günther, 1876)
  • Philautus bobingeri Biju and Bossuyt, 2005
  • Philautus bombayensis (Annandale, 1919)
  • Philautus chalazodes (Günther, 1876)
  • Philautus charius Rao, 1937
  • Philautus dubius (Boulenger, 1882)
  • Round-snout pygmy frog Philautus femoralis (Günther, 1864)
  • Philautus flaviventris (Boulenger, 1882)
  • Philautus garo (Boulenger, 1919)
  • Philautus glandulosus (Jerdon, 1854)
  • Philautus graminirupes Biju & Bossuyt, 2005
  • Philautus griet Bossuyt, 2002
  • Philautus jerdonii (Günther, 1876)
  • Philautus kempiae (Boulenger, 1919)
  • Philautus luteolus
  • Philautus microdiscus (Annandale, 1912)
  • Philautus namdaphaensis Sarkar and Sanyal, 1985
  • Sharp-snout pygmy tree frog Philautus nasutus
  • Philautus nerostagona
  • Philautus ponmudi
  • Philautus sanctisilvaticus Das and Chanda, 1997
  • Philautus shillongensis Pillai and Chanda, 1973
  • Philautus signatus (Boulenger, 1882)
  • Philautus similipalensis Dutta, 2003
  • Philautus terebrans Das and Chanda, 1998
  • Philautus tinniens (Jerdon, 1854)
  • Philautus travancoricus (Boulenger, 1891)
  • Philautus tuberohumerus
  • Philautus wynaadensis (Jerdon, 1854)
  • Polypedates gongshanensis
  • Polypedates insularis Das, 1995
  • Polypedates leucomystax (Gravenhorst, 1829)
  • Chunam Frog Polypedates maculatus (Gray, 1833)
  • Polypedates megacephalus Hallowell, 1861
  • Polypedates pseudocruciger Das and Ravichandran, 1998
  • Polypedates taeniatus (Boulenger, 1906)
  • Rhacophorus appendiculatus (Günther, 1858)
  • Rhacophorus bipunctatus Ahl, 1927
  • Rhacophorus calcadensis Ahl, 1927
  • Rhacophorus lateralis Boulenger, 1883
  • Malabar Flying Frog Rhacophorus malabaricus Jerdon, 1870
    Malabar Flying Frog, Rhacophorus malabaricus
    Malabar Flying Frog, Rhacophorus malabaricus
  • Rhacophorus maximus Günther, 1858
  • Rhacophorus namdaphaensis Sarkar and Sanyal, 1985
  • Rhacophorus pseudomalabaricus Vasudevan and Dutta, 2000
  • Rhacophorus tuberculatus (Anderson, 1871)
  • Rhacophorus variabilis (Jerdon, 1854)
  • Rhacophorus htunwini Wilkinson, Thin, Lwin, and Shein, 2005
  • Rhacophorus translineatus Wu In Sichuan Institute of Biology Herpetology Department, 1977
  • Rhacophorus kio Ohler and Delorme, 2006
  • Theloderma asperum (Boulenger, 1886)

[edit] Family Sooglossidae

[edit] Order Gymnophiona

[edit] Family Caeciliidae

[edit] Family Ichthyophiidae

Ichthyophis sp. from the Western Ghats
Ichthyophis sp. from the Western Ghats

[edit] Order Urodela

[edit] Family Salamandridae

Tylototriton verrucosus
Tylototriton verrucosus

[edit] References

  1. ^ Daniels, R. J. R. (2001) Endemic fishes of the Western Ghats and the Satpura hypothesis. Current Science 81(3):240-244 PDF
  2. ^ Frost, Darrel R. 2006. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 4 (17 August 2006). Electronic Database accessible at [1]. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA.
  3. ^ R. J. Ranjit Daniels (2005) Amphibians of Peninsular India. Universities Press.
  4. ^ Gopalakrishna Bhatta and P. Prashanth (2004) Gegeneophis nadkarnii – a caecilian (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Caeciliidae) from Bondla Wildlife Sanctuary,Western Ghats Current Science, 87(3):10 PDF
  5. ^ Gopalakrishna Bhatta & R. Srinivasa (2004) A new species of Gegeneophis Peters (Amphibia: Gymnophiona:Caeciliidae) from the surroundings of Mookambika Wildlife Sanctuary, Karnataka, India. Zootaxa 644: 1–8 PDF

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