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]^[4]^[5]

Order Anura

Family Bufonidae

Ornate Torrent Toad Ansonia ornata (Günther, 1876)
Silent Valley Torrent Toad Ansonia rubigina (Pillai and Pattabiraman, 1981)
Bufo beddomii (Günther, 1876)
Bufo brevirostris (Rao, 1937)
Bufo burmanus (Andersson, 1939)
Duttaphrynus cyphosus = Bufo cyphosus (Ye, 1977)
Himalayan Toad Duttaphrynus himalayanus (Günther, 1864) =Bufo himalayanus (Günther, 1864)
Bufo hololius (Günther, 1876)
Bufo koynayensis (Soman, 1963)
Ladakh Toad Pseudepidalea latastii Boulenger, 1882 = Bufo latastii
Common Indian Toad Duttaphrynus melanostictus (Schneider, 1799) =Bufo melanostictus Schneider, 1799
Duttaphrynus microtympanum (Boulenger, 1882) = Bufo microtympanum (Boulenger, 1882)
Ingerophrynus macrotis (Boulenger, 1887)
Bufo parietalis (Boulenger, 1882)
Ferguson's Toad Bufo scaber (Schneider, 1799)
Bufo silentvalleyensis (Pillai, 1981)
Bufo stomaticus (Lütken, 1864)
Green Toad Bufo viridis
Bufo stuarti (Smith, 1929)
Bufoides meghalayanus (Yazdani and Chanda, 1971)
Pedostibes kempi (Boulenger, 1919)
Pedostibes tuberculosus (Günther, 1876)

Family Ceratobatrachidae

Ingerana charlesdarwini (Das, 1998) =Rana charlesdarwini

Family Dicroglossidae

Dicroglossinae

Common skittering frog Euphlyctis cyanophlyctis (Schneider, 1799)
Euphlyctis ghoshi (Chanda, 1991)
Indian Five-fingered Frog Euphlyctis hexadactylus (Lesson, 1834)
Fejervarya andamanensis (Stoliczka, 1870) = Limnonectes andamanensis (Stoliczka, 1870)
Fejervarya assimilis (Blyth, 1852)
Fejervarya brama (Lesson, 1834)
Fejervarya brevipalmata (Peters, 1871)
Fejervarya cancrivora (Gravenhorst, 1829)
Fejervarya greenii (Boulenger, 1905)
Fejervarya keralensis (Dubois, 1981)
Alpine cricket frog Fejervarya limnocharis (Gravenhorst, 1829)
Fejervarya murthii (Pillai, 1979)
Fejervarya mysorensis (Rao, 1922)
Fejervarya nicobariensis (Stoliczka, 1870)
Fejervarya nepalensis (Iskandar, 1998)
Fejervarya nilagirica (Jerdon, 1854)
Fejervarya orissaensis (Dutta, 1997)
Fejervarya parambikulamana (Rao, 1937)
Fejervarya rufescens (Jerdon, 1854)
Fejervarya sauriceps (Rao, 1937)
Fejervarya syhadrensis = Limnonectes syhadrensis (Annandale, 1919)
Fejervarya teraiensis (Dubois, 1984)
Jerdon's Bullfrog Hoplobatrachus crassus (Jerdon, 1854)
Indian Bullfrog Hoplobatrachus tigerinus (Daudin, 1802)
Limnonectes doriae (Boulenger, 1887)
Limnonectes hascheanus (Stoliczka, 1870)
Limnonectes khasianus (Anderson, 1871)
Limnonectes kuhlii (Tschudi, 1838)
Limnonectes laticeps (Boulenger, 1882)
Limnonectes limborgi (Sclater, 1892)
Limnonectes mawlyndipi (Chanda, 1990)
Limnonectes mawphlangensis (Pillai and Chanda, 1977)
Limnonectes shompenorum (Das, 1996)
Minervarya sahyadris (Dubois, Ohler, and Biju, 2001)
Nanorana annandalii = Paa annandalii (Boulenger, 1920)
Nanorana arnoldi = Paa arnoldi (Dubois, 1975)
Nanorana barmoachensis = Paa barmoachensis (Khan and Tasnim, 1989)
Nanorana blanfordii = Paa blanfordii (Boulenger, 1882)
Nanorana conaensis = Paa conaensis (Fei and Huang In Huang and Fei, 1981)
Nanorana ercepeae = Paa ercepeae (Dubois, 1974)
Hazara torrent frog Nanorana hazarensis = Paa hazarensis (Dubois and Khan, 1979)
Nanorana liebigii = Paa liebigii (Günther, 1860)
Nanorana minica = Paa minica (Dubois, 1975)
Nanorana mokokchungensis = Paa mokokchungensis (Das and Chanda, 2000)
Nanorana polunini = Paa polunini (Smith, 1951)
Nanorana pleskei (Günther, 1896)
Karez frog Nanorana sternosignata = Paa sternosignata (Murray, 1885)
Murree Hills frog Nanorana vicina = Paa vicina (Stoliczka, 1872)
Ombrana sikimensis = Chaparana sikimensis (Jerdon, 1870)
Burrowing frog Sphaerotheca breviceps (Schneider, 1799)
Sphaerotheca dobsoni (Boulenger, 1882)
Sphaerotheca leucorhynchus (Rao, 1937)
Marbled Sand Frog Sphaerotheca rolandae (Dubois, 1983)

Occidozyginae

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

Family Hylidae

Hyla annectans (Jerdon, 1870)

Family Megophryidae

Hasselt's Toad Leptobrachium hasseltii (Tschudi, 1838)
Leptobrachium smithi (Matsui, Nabhitabhata, and Panha, 1999)
Scutiger boulengeri (Bedriaga, 1898)
Scutiger gongshanensis (Yang and Su In Yang, Su, and Li, 1979)
Nyingchi Alpine Toad Scutiger nyingchiensis (Fei, 1977)
Sikkim Alpine Toad Scutiger sikimmensis (Blyth, 1855)
Xenophrys boettgeri (Boulenger, 1899)
Xenophrys kempii (Annandale, 1912)
Xenophrys major (Boulenger, 1908)
Xenophrys parva (Boulenger, 1893)
Xenophrys robusta (Boulenger, 1908)
Xenophrys wuliangshanensis

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)

Family Microhylidae

Kalophrynus interlineatus (Blyth, 1855) = Kalophrynus orangensis (Dutta, Ahmed, and Das, 2000)
Micryletta inornata (Boulenger, 1890)
Ramanella anamalaiensis (Rao, 1937)
Ramanella minor (Rao, 1937)
Ramanella montana (Jerdon, 1854)
Ramanella mormorata (Rao, 1937)
Ramanella triangularis (Günther, 1876)
White-bellied pug-snout frog Ramanella variegata (Stoliczka, 1872)
Uperodon globulosus (Günther, 1864)
Marbled balloon frog Uperodon systoma (Schneider, 1799)
Melanobatrachus indicus (Beddome, 1878)
Kaloula baleata (Müller In Oort and Müller, 1833)
Painted Frog Kaloula pulchra (Gray, 1831)
Kaloula assamensis (Das, Sengupta, Ahmed, and Dutta, 2005)
Sri Lankan Bullfrog Kaloula taprobanica (Parker, 1934)
Microhyla berdmorei (Blyth, 1856)
Microhyla chakrapanii (Pillai, 1977)
Microhyla heymonsi (Vogt, 1911)
Ornate Narrow-Mouthed Toad Microhyla ornata (Duméril and Bibron, 1841)
Microhyla pulchra (Hallowell, 1861)
Microhyla rubra (Jerdon, 1854)
Microhyla sholigari (Dutta and Ray, 2000)

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)
Nyctibatrachus minimus Biju et al., 2007.^[6]
Nyctibatrachus sholai Radhakrishnan, Dinesh & Ravichandran, 2007.^[7]
Nyctibatrachus dattatreyaensis Dinesh K P, Radhakrishnan C & Gopalakrishna Bhatta, 2008 ^[8]

Family Petropedetidae

Indirana beddomii (Günther, 1876)
Indirana brachytarsus (Günther, 1876)
Indirana diplosticta (Günther, 1876)
Indirana gundia (Dubois, 1986)
Indirana leithii (Boulenger, 1888)
Indirana leptodactyla (Boulenger, 1882)
Indirana longicrus (Rao, 1937)
Indirana phrynoderma (Boulenger, 1882)
Indirana semipalmata (Boulenger, 1882)
Indirana tenuilingua (Rao, 1937)

Family Ranidae

Amolops chakrataensis (Ray, 1992)
Amolops formosus (Günther, 1876)
Amolops gerbillus (Annandale, 1912)
Amolops himalayanus (Boulenger, 1888)
Amolops jaunsari (Ray, 1992)
Amolops marmoratus (Blyth, 1855)
Amolops monticola (Anderson, 1871)
Amolops viridimaculatus (Jiang, 1983)
Bicolored Frog Clinotarsus curtipes (Jerdon, 1854)
Huia chloronota (Günther, 1876)
Humerana humeralis (Boulenger, 1887)
Fungoid Frog Hylarana malabarica (Tschudi, 1838)
Hydrophylax raniceps (Peters, 1871)
Pterorana khare (Kiyasetuo and Khare, 1986)
Hylarana tytleri (Theobald, 1868)
Nasirana alticola (Boulenger, 1882)
Golden frog Hylarana aurantiaca (Boulenger, 1904)
Hylarana chitwanensis (Das, 1998)
Boulenger's Garo Hill Frog Hylarana garoensis (Boulenger, 1920 )
Hylarana leptoglossa (Cope, 1868)
Hylarana nigrovittata (Blyth, 1856)
Bronzed Frog Hylarana temporalis (Günther, 1864)

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)
Ghatixalus variabilis (Jerdon, 1853)^[9]
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)
Philautus femoralis Round-snout pygmy frog (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 neelanethrus Gururaja et al.', 2007^[10]
Philautus microdiscus (Annandale, 1912)
Philautus namdaphaensis (Sarkar and Sanyal, 1985)
Philautus nasutus Sharp-snout pygmy tree frog
Philautus nerostagona
Philautus ochlandrae Gururaja et al., 2007.^[11]
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)
Polypedates maculatus (Gray, 1833) Chunam Frog
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)
Rhacophorus malabaricus (Jerdon, 1870)Malabar Flying Frog
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)

Family Sooglossidae

Purple Frog (Nasikabatrachus sahyadrensis) (Biju and Bossuyt, 2003)

Order Gymnophiona

Family Caeciliidae

Gegeneophis carnosus (Beddome, 1870)
Amboli caecilian Gegeneophis danieli (Giri, Wilkinson, and Gower, 2003)
Gegeneophis nadkarnii (Gopalakrishna Bhatta and P. Prashanth, 2004) ^[12]
Gegeneophis madhavai (Gopalakrishna Bhatta and R. Srinivasa, 2004) ^[13]
Gegeneophis fulleri (Alcock, 1904)
Gegeneophis krishni (Pillai and Ravichandran, 1999)
Forest Caecilian Gegeneophis ramaswamii (Taylor, 1964)
Gegeneophis seshachari (Ravichandran, Gower, and Wilkinson, 2003)
Indotyphlus battersbyi (Taylor, 1960)
Maharashtra caecilian Indotyphlus maharashtraensis (Giri, Wilkinson, and Gower, 2003)

Family Ichthyophiidae

Ichthyophis beddomei (Peters, 1880)
Ichthyophis bombayensis (Taylor, 1960)
Ichthyophis garoensis (Pillai and Ravichandran, 1999)
Ichthyophis humphreyi (Taylor, 1973)
Ichthyophis husaini (Pillai and Ravichandran, 1999)
Ichthyophis longicephalus (Pillai, 1986)
Ichthyophis malabarensis (Taylor, 1960)
Ichthyophis peninsularis (Taylor, 1960)
Ichthyophis sikkimensis (Taylor, 1960)
Ichthyophis subterrestris (Taylor, 1960)
Ichthyophis tricolor (Annandale, 1909)
Uraeotyphlus interruptus (Pillai and Ravichandran, 1999)
Uraeotyphlus malabaricus (Beddome, 1870)
Uraeotyphlus menoni (Annandale, 1913)
Uraeotyphlus narayani (Seshachar, 1939)
Uraeotyphlus oxyurus (Duméril and Bibron, 1841)

Order Urodela

Family Salamandridae

Himalayan Newt Tylototriton verrucosus (Anderson, 1871)

References

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^ R. J. Ranjit Daniels (2005) Amphibians of Peninsular India. Universities Press.
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^ Sclater, WL (1892) List of the Batrachia in the Indian museum. scan
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^ Radhakrishnan, C. , K.P. Dinesh & M. S. Ravichandran (2007) A new species of Nyctibatrachus Boulenger (Amphibia: Anura: Nyctibatrachidae) from the Eravikulam National Park, Kerala, India. Zootaxa 1595: 31–41 PDF
^ Dinesh, KP, Radhakrishnan C & Gopalakrishna Bhatta (2008) A new species of Nyctibatrachus Boulenger (Amphibia: Anura: Nyctibatrachidae) from the surroundings of Bhadra Wildlife Sanctuary, Western Ghats, India, Zootaxa 1914: 45–56
^ S.D. Biju, Kim Roelants, Franky Bossuyt (2008) Phylogenetic position of the montane treefrog Polypedates variabilis Jerdon, 1853 (Anura:Rhacophoridae),and description of a related species. Organisms, Diversity & Evolution 8:267–276
^ Gururaja, KV and Aravind, NA and Ali, S and Ramachandra, TV and Velavan, TP and Krishnakumar, V and Aggarwal, RK (2007) A New Frog Species from the Central Western Ghats of India,and Its Phylogenetic Position. Zoological Science 24:pp. 525-534. Text
^ Gururaja, KV and Dinesh, KP and Palot, MJ and Radhakrishnan, C and Ramachandra, TV (2007) A new species of Philautus Gistel (Amphibia: Anura: Rhacophoridae) from southern Western Ghats, India. Zootaxa 1621:pp. 1-16. PDF
^ 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
^ 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