Nyctibatrachus hussaini
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Nyctibatrachus hussaini is a species of frog in the Ranidae family. It is endemic to the Western Ghats of India.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and rivers in the Kudremukh region are threatened by habitat loss.[2]
The name is after the Indian ornithologist S. A. Hussain. An alternative name of Nyctibatrachus karnatakaensis was subsequently suggested,[3] but became the subject of considerable controversy as the standard zoological nomenclature practices were not followed by the journal and the authors.[4][5]
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- ^ Krishnamurthy, SV and Manjunatha, Reddy AH and Gururaja, KV (2001) A new species of frog in the genus Nyctibatrachus (Anura: Ranidae) from Western Ghats, India. Current Science 80(7):887-891. PDF
- ^ Biju, S.D., Dutta, S. & Ravichandran, M.S. 2004. Nyctibatrachus hussaini. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 23 July 2007.
- ^ Dinesh, K.P., C. Radhakrishnan, A.H. Manjunatha Reddy and K.V. Gururaja. 2007. Nyctibatrachus karnatakaensis nom. nov., a replacement name for the Giant Wrinkled Frog from the Western Ghats. Current Science. 93 (2): 246-250. PDF
- ^ Daniels, R. J. R. D. (2008) Taxonomic vandalism: The case of the giant wrinkled frog. Current Science 94(2):158-159 PDF
- ^ Koshy, J. P. Frog species soar in India - so do battles over who found them. Hindustan Times, February 12, 2008 online
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