- Nyctibatrachus karnatakaensis
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Nyctibatrachus karnatakaensis 
Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Class: Amphibia Order: Anura Family: Ranidae Genus: Nyctibatrachus Species: N. karnatakaensis Binomial name Nyctibatrachus karnatakaensis
Dinesh, Radhakrishnan, Reddy & Gururaja, 2007[2]Synonyms Nyctibatrachus hussaini Krishnamurthy, Reddy & Gururaja, 2001[3]
Nyctibatrachus karnatakaensis (arguably a junior synonym of N. hussaini[4]) is a species of frog in the Ranidae family.
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Geographic range
It is endemic to the Western Ghats of India in the Kudremukh region.
Habitat
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and rivers.
Conservation status
It is threatened by habitat loss.[1]
Taxonomic controversy
This "species" was named after the Indian ornithologist S. A. Hussain as Nyctibatrachus hussaini[5]. In 2001 Biju questioned the validity of this species due to lack of type specimen in the museum.[6]
In 2007 some of the same authors suggested the alternative name of Nyctibatrachus karnatakaensis,[2] stating that Nyctibatrachus hussaini was invalid due to the lack of a traceable holotype, even though two of the authors claiming this were responsible for the original description.[4] A holotype (more correctly a neotype) was designated and vouchered at ZSI, Calicut with the alternate name. This became the subject of considerable controversy as problems were noted in peer-review practices and adherence to the ICZN code.[4][7][8]
References
- ^ a b Biju, S.D., Dutta, S. & Ravichandran, M.S. 2004. Nyctibatrachus hussaini. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 23 July 2007.
- ^ a b 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
- ^ 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
- ^ a b c Daniels, R. J. R. (2008) Taxonomic vandalism: The case of the giant wrinkled frog. Current Science 94(2):158-159 PDF
- ^ 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. (2001) A synopsis of frog fauna of Western Ghats of India. Indian Soc. Conserv. Biol. Occas. Publ. 1:1–24
- ^ Koshy, J. P. Frog species soar in India - so do battles over who found them. Hindustan Times, February 12, 2008 online
- ^ Dinesh KP, Radhakrishnan C, Manjunatha Reddy AH and Gururaja KV. 2008. Taxonomic reasoning: The case of giant wrinkled frog. Current Science 94(8):965-966 PDF
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