Nyctibatrachus
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| Nyctibatrachus | |
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| Unidentified Nyctibatrachus from Phanasad Wildlife Sanctuary, Maharashtra | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Subclass: | Lissamphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Suborder: | Neobatrachia |
| Superfamily: | Ranoidea |
| Family: | Ranidae |
| Genus: | Nyctibatrachus Boulenger, 1882 |
| Species | |
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Presently 27, see text | |
Nyctibatrachus is a genus of true frogs endemic to India. It is a very ancient member of the true frog family, Ranidae.[1]
Their scientific name means "night frog", in reference to their habits and dark color.
Species
- Nyctibatrachus acanthodermis Biju, Van Bocxlaer, Mahony, Dinesh, Radhakrishnan, Zachariah, Giri & Bossuyt, 2011[2] - spinular night frog
- Nyctibatrachus aliciae Inger, Shaffer, Koshy & Bakde, 1984
- Nyctibatrachus anamallaiensis (Myers, 1942)
- Nyctibatrachus beddomii (Boulenger, 1882)
- Nyctibatrachus danieli Biju, Van Bocxlaer, Mahony, Dinesh, Radhakrishnan, Zachariah, Giri & Bossuyt, 2011[2]
- Nyctibatrachus dattatreyaensis Dinesh, Radhakrishnan & Bhatta, 2008
- Nyctibatrachus deccanensis Dubois, 1984
- Nyctibatrachus deveni Biju, Van Bocxlaer, Mahony, Dinesh, Radhakrishnan, Zachariah, Giri & Bossuyt, 2011[2]
- Nyctibatrachus gavi Biju, Van Bocxlaer, Mahony, Dinesh, Radhakrishnan, Zachariah, Giri & Bossuyt, 2011[2]
- Nyctibatrachus grandis Biju, Van Bocxlaer, Mahony, Dinesh, Radhakrishnan, Zachariah, Giri & Bossuyt, 2011[2]
- Nyctibatrachus humayuni Bhaduri & Kripalani, 1955 - Bombay night frog
- Nyctibatrachus indraneili Biju, Van Bocxlaer, Mahony, Dinesh, Radhakrishnan, Zachariah, Giri & Bossuyt, 2011[2]
- Nyctibatrachus jog Biju, Van Bocxlaer, Mahony, Dinesh, Radhakrishnan, Zachariah, Giri & Bossuyt, 2011[2] - Jog night frog
- Nyctibatrachus karnatakaensis Dinesh, Radhakrishnan, Reddy & Gururaja, 2007[3] (N. hussaini Krishnamurthy, Reddy and Gururaja, 2001)
- Nyctibatrachus kempholeyensis Rao, 1937
- Nyctibatrachus major Boulenger, 1882 – Malabar night frog
- Nyctibatrachus minimus Biju, Van Bocxlaer, Giri, Roelants, Nagaraju & Bossuyt, 2007
- Nyctibatrachus minor Inger, Shaffer, Koshy & Bakde, 1984
- Nyctibatrachus periyar Biju, Van Bocxlaer, Mahony, Dinesh, Radhakrishnan, Zachariah, Giri & Bossuyt, 2011[2]
- Nyctibatrachus petraeus Das & Kunte, 2005
- Nyctibatrachus pillaii Biju, Van Bocxlaer, Mahony, Dinesh, Radhakrishnan, Zachariah, Giri & Bossuyt, 2011[2]
- Nyctibatrachus poocha Biju, Van Bocxlaer, Mahony, Dinesh, Radhakrishnan, Zachariah, Giri & Bossuyt, 2011[2]
- Nyctibatrachus sanctipalustris Rao, 1920
- Nyctibatrachus shiradi Biju, Van Bocxlaer, Mahony, Dinesh, Radhakrishnan, Zachariah, Giri & Bossuyt, 2011[2]
- Nyctibatrachus sholai Radhakrishnan, Dinesh & Ravichandran, 2007
- Nyctibatrachus sylvaticus Rao, 1937 - forest night frog
- Nyctibatrachus vasanthi Ravichandran, 1997
- Nyctibatrachus vrijeuni Biju, Van Bocxlaer, Mahony, Dinesh, Radhakrishnan, Zachariah, Giri & Bossuyt, 2011[2] - VUB night frog
References
- ↑ Stuart (2008)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 2.10 2.11 Biju, S.D., Van Bocxlaer, I., Mahony, S., Dinesh, K.P., Radhakrishnan, C., Zachariah, A., Giri, V., and Bossuyt, F. (2011). "A taxonomic review of the Night Frog genus Nyctibatrachus Boulenger, 1882 in the Western Ghats, India (Anura: Nyctibatrachidae) with description of twelve new species". Zootaxa 3029: 1–96.
- ↑ 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" (PDF). Current Science 93 (2): 246–250.
Other sources
- Biju, S.D., Van Bocxlaer, I., Mahony, S., Dinesh, K.P., Radhakrishnan, C., Zachariah, A., Giri, V., and Bossuyt, F. (2011). "A taxonomic review of the Night Frog genus Nyctibatrachus Boulenger, 1882 in the Western Ghats, India (Anura: Nyctibatrachidae) with description of twelve new species". Zootaxa 3029: 1–96.
- Stuart, Bryan L. (2008). "The phylogenetic problem of Huia (Amphibia: Ranidae)". Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 46 (1): 49–60. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2007.09.016. PMID 18042407.
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