Nyctibatrachus vrijeuni

Nyctibatrachus vrijeuni
Nyctibatrachus vrijeuni
Conservation status
Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Ranidae
Genus: Nyctibatrachus
Species: N. vrijeuni
Binomial name
Nyctibatrachus vrijeuni
Biju, 2011

The VUB night frog (Nyctibatrachus vrijeuni) is a species of frog in the family Ranidae. Both the specific name, "vrijeuni", and the acronym in the common name, "VUB", refer to Vrije Universiteit Brussel, the Free University of Brussels.

Taxonomy

It is one of twelve new species of frogs in the genus Nyctibatrachus discovered in September 2011.[1]

Geographic range

It is found exclusively in the Western Ghats, India.[2]

References

  1. ^ Mann, Adam (16 September 2011). "12 New and 3 Lost Night-Frog Species Discovered in India". wired.com. http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2011/09/new-and-rediscovered-frogs/?pid=2145&viewall=true. Retrieved 18 September 2011. 
  2. ^ "Twelve new frog species detected in Western Ghats". deccanherald.com. 16 September 2011. http://www.deccanherald.com/content/191326/twelve-frog-species-detected-western.html. Retrieved 18 September 2011. 
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