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Nyctibatrachus 
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, 1882Species 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
- Nyctibatrachus aliciae
- Nyctibatrachus annamalaiensis
- Nyctibatrachus beddomii
- Nyctibatrachus danieli
- Nyctibatrachus dattatreyaensis
- Nyctibatrachus deccanensis
- Nyctibatrachus deveni
- Nyctibatrachus gavi
- Nyctibatrachus grandis
- Nyctibatrachus humayuni
- Nyctibatrachus indraneili
- Nyctibatrachus jog
- Nyctibatrachus karnatakaensis (N. hussaini)
- Nyctibatrachus kempholeyensis
- Nyctibatrachus major – Malabar Night Frog, Large Wrinkled Frog, Boulenger's Narrow-eyed Frog
- Nyctibatrachus minimus
- Nyctibatrachus minor
- Nyctibatrachus periyar
- Nyctibatrachus petraeus
- Nyctibatrachus pillaii
- Nyctibatrachus poocha
- Nyctibatrachus sanctipalustris
- Nyctibatrachus shiradi
- Nyctibatrachus sholai Radhakrishnan, Dinesh & Ravichandran, 2007
- Nyctibatrachus sylvaticus
- Nyctibatrachus vasanthi
- Nyctibatrachus vrijeuni
Footnotes
- ^ Stuart (2008)
References
- Biju, S.D. et al. 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. Preview
- 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 (HTMl abstract)
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