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 |
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Presently 27, see text |
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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.
[edit] Species
- Nyctibatrachus acanthodermis Biju, Van Bocxlaer, Mahony, Dinesh, Radhakrishnan, Zachariah, Giri & Bossuyt, 2011[2]
- 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
- 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]
- Nyctibatrachus karnatakaensis Dinesh, Radhakrishnan, Reddy & Gururaja, 2007[3] (N. hussaini Krishnamurthy, Reddy and Gururaja, 2001)
- Nyctibatrachus kempholeyensis Rao, 1937
- Malabar Night Frog – Nyctibatrachus major Boulenger, 1882
- 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
- Nyctibatrachus vasanthi Ravichandran, 1997
- Nyctibatrachus vrijeuni Biju, Van Bocxlaer, Mahony, Dinesh, Radhakrishnan, Zachariah, Giri & Bossuyt, 2011[2]
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ Stuart (2008)
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l 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. http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2011/f/z03029p096f.pdf.
- ^ 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
[edit] 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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