Batrachylodes
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Batrachylodes is a genus
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...

 of true frog
True frog
The true frogs, family Ranidae, have the widest distribution of any frog family. They are abundant throughout most of the world, occurring on most continents except Antarctica...

s, which has eight described species. All species are found in Papau New Guinea. Some species also have a range extending to the Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands is a sovereign state in Oceania, east of Papua New Guinea, consisting of nearly one thousand islands. It covers a land mass of . The capital, Honiara, is located on the island of Guadalcanal...

.

Species

  • Batrachylodes elegans
    Batrachylodes elegans
    Batrachylodes elegans is a species of frog in the Ranidae family.It is endemic to Papua New Guinea.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, plantations , rural gardens, urban areas, and heavily degraded former forest....

    Brown & Parker, 1970
  • Batrachylodes gigas
    Batrachylodes gigas
    Batrachylodes gigas is a species of frog in the Ranidae family.It is endemic to Papua New Guinea.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montanes.-Source:...

    Brown & Parker, 1970
  • Batrachylodes mediodiscus
    Batrachylodes mediodiscus
    Batrachylodes mediodiscus is a species of frog in the Ranidae family.It is endemic to Papua New Guinea.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, plantations , rural gardens, and heavily degraded former forest.-References:...

    Brown & Parker, 1970
  • Batrachylodes minutus
    Batrachylodes minutus
    Batrachylodes minutus is a species of frog in the Ranidae family.It is endemic to Papua New Guinea.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, plantations , rural gardens, urban areas, and heavily degraded former forest....

    Brown & Parker, 1970
  • Batrachylodes montanus
    Batrachylodes montanus
    Batrachylodes montanus is a species of frog in the Ranidae family.It is endemic to Papua New Guinea.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montanes.It is threatened by habitat loss....

    Brown & Parker, 1970
  • Batrachylodes trossulus
    Batrachylodes trossulus
    Batrachylodes trossulus is a species of frog in the Ranidae family.It is found in Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, plantations , rural gardens, urban areas, and heavily degraded former forest.-References:* Parker, F. &...

    Brown & Myers, 1949
  • Batrachylodes vertebralis
    Batrachylodes vertebralis
    Batrachylodes vertebralis is a species of frog in the Ranidae family.It is found in Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, rural gardens, and heavily degraded former forest....

    Boulenger, 1887
  • Batrachylodes wolfi
    Batrachylodes wolfi
    Batrachylodes wolfi is a species of frog in the Ranidae family.It is found in Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.It is threatened by habitat loss.-References:...

    (Sternfeld, 1920)
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