Nyctibatrachus
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Nyctibatrachus is a genus
of true frog
s endemic to India
. It is a very ancient member of the true frog family, Ranidae.
Their scientific name means "night frog", in reference to their habits and dark color.
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 endemic to India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
. It is a very ancient member of the true frog family, Ranidae.
Their scientific name means "night frog", in reference to their habits and dark color.
Species
- Nyctibatrachus acanthodermisNyctibatrachus acanthodermisThe spinular night frog is one of twelve species of frog in the Nyctibatrachus genus discovered in September 2011. It is found exclusively in the Western Ghats, India....
BijuSathyabhama Das BijuSathyabhama Das Biju is an Indian amphibian biologist, who teaches at the University of Delhi. With more than a hundred discoveries stemming from his personal work or that in his lab, his is one of the most productive amphibian research laboratories in the world.-Life:Born in Kerala, Biju started...
, Van Bocxlaer, Mahony, Dinesh, Radhakrishnan, Zachariah, Giri & Bossuyt, 2011 - Nyctibatrachus aliciaeNyctibatrachus aliciaeNyctibatrachus aliciae is a species of frog in the Ranidae family.It is endemic to India.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and rivers.It is threatened by habitat loss.-References:...
Inger, Shaffer, Koshy & Bakde, 1984 - Nyctibatrachus anamallaiensis (Myers, 1942)
- Nyctibatrachus beddomiiNyctibatrachus beddomiiNyctibatrachus beddomii is a species of frog in the Ranidae family. The epithet or specific name, beddomii, honors Colonel Richard Henry Beddome , British naturalist and military officer.-Habitat:...
(Boulenger, 1882) - Nyctibatrachus danieli BijuSathyabhama Das BijuSathyabhama Das Biju is an Indian amphibian biologist, who teaches at the University of Delhi. With more than a hundred discoveries stemming from his personal work or that in his lab, his is one of the most productive amphibian research laboratories in the world.-Life:Born in Kerala, Biju started...
, Van Bocxlaer, Mahony, Dinesh, Radhakrishnan, Zachariah, Giri & Bossuyt, 2011 - Nyctibatrachus dattatreyaensisNyctibatrachus dattatreyaensisNyctibatrachus dattatreyaensis is a wrinkled night frog species first described in the Shola forests around the Dattatreya Peeta in the Chikkamagaluru district of Karnataka...
Dinesh, Radhakrishnan & Bhatta, 2008 - Nyctibatrachus deccanensisNyctibatrachus deccanensisNyctibatrachus deccanensis is a species of frog in the Ranidae family.It is endemic to India.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montanes, and rivers.It is threatened by habitat loss....
Dubois, 1984 - Nyctibatrachus deveni BijuSathyabhama Das BijuSathyabhama Das Biju is an Indian amphibian biologist, who teaches at the University of Delhi. With more than a hundred discoveries stemming from his personal work or that in his lab, his is one of the most productive amphibian research laboratories in the world.-Life:Born in Kerala, Biju started...
, Van Bocxlaer, Mahony, Dinesh, Radhakrishnan, Zachariah, Giri & Bossuyt, 2011 - Nyctibatrachus gavi BijuSathyabhama Das BijuSathyabhama Das Biju is an Indian amphibian biologist, who teaches at the University of Delhi. With more than a hundred discoveries stemming from his personal work or that in his lab, his is one of the most productive amphibian research laboratories in the world.-Life:Born in Kerala, Biju started...
, Van Bocxlaer, Mahony, Dinesh, Radhakrishnan, Zachariah, Giri & Bossuyt, 2011 - Nyctibatrachus grandis BijuSathyabhama Das BijuSathyabhama Das Biju is an Indian amphibian biologist, who teaches at the University of Delhi. With more than a hundred discoveries stemming from his personal work or that in his lab, his is one of the most productive amphibian research laboratories in the world.-Life:Born in Kerala, Biju started...
, Van Bocxlaer, Mahony, Dinesh, Radhakrishnan, Zachariah, Giri & Bossuyt, 2011 - Nyctibatrachus humayuniNyctibatrachus humayuniNyctibatrachus humayuni is a species of frog in the Ranidae family.-Habitat:Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montanes, and rivers.-References:...
Bhaduri & Kripalani, 1955 - Nyctibatrachus indraneili BijuSathyabhama Das BijuSathyabhama Das Biju is an Indian amphibian biologist, who teaches at the University of Delhi. With more than a hundred discoveries stemming from his personal work or that in his lab, his is one of the most productive amphibian research laboratories in the world.-Life:Born in Kerala, Biju started...
, Van Bocxlaer, Mahony, Dinesh, Radhakrishnan, Zachariah, Giri & Bossuyt, 2011 - Nyctibatrachus jogNyctibatrachus jogThe Jog night frog is one of twelve species of frog in the Nyctibatrachus genus discovered in September 2011. It is found exclusively in the Western Ghats, India, and is unique because both sexes share the responsibility of watching over the eggs....
BijuSathyabhama Das BijuSathyabhama Das Biju is an Indian amphibian biologist, who teaches at the University of Delhi. With more than a hundred discoveries stemming from his personal work or that in his lab, his is one of the most productive amphibian research laboratories in the world.-Life:Born in Kerala, Biju started...
, Van Bocxlaer, Mahony, Dinesh, Radhakrishnan, Zachariah, Giri & Bossuyt, 2011 - Nyctibatrachus karnatakaensis Dinesh, Radhakrishnan, Reddy & Gururaja, 2007 (N. hussaini Krishnamurthy, Reddy and Gururaja, 2001)
- Nyctibatrachus kempholeyensisNyctibatrachus kempholeyensisNyctibatrachus kempholeyensis or the Kempholey night frog is a species of frog in the Ranidae family.-Habitat:Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and rivers.-Taxonomy:...
Rao, 1937 - Malabar Night Frog – Nyctibatrachus majorNyctibatrachus majorNyctibatrachus major is a species of frog in the Ranidae family. Its English names are Malabar night frog, large wrinkled frog and Boulenger's narrow-eyed frog -Geographic range:...
BoulengerGeorge Albert BoulengerGeorge Albert Boulenger FRS was a Belgian-British zoologist who identified over 2000 new animal species, chiefly fish, reptiles and amphibians.-Life:...
, 1882 - Nyctibatrachus minimusNyctibatrachus minimusNyctibatrachus minimus is a species of frog in the Ranidae family. It is the smallest known frog in the genus Nyctibatrachus and was recently discovered from Kurichiyarmala in the Western Ghats or Wayanad, Kerala....
Biju, Van Bocxlaer, Giri, Roelants, Nagaraju & Bossuyt, 2007 - Nyctibatrachus minorNyctibatrachus minorNyctibatrachus minor is a species of frog in the Ranidae family.-Habitat:Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montanes, and rivers.-References:...
Inger, Shaffer, Koshy & Bakde, 1984 - Nyctibatrachus periyar BijuSathyabhama Das BijuSathyabhama Das Biju is an Indian amphibian biologist, who teaches at the University of Delhi. With more than a hundred discoveries stemming from his personal work or that in his lab, his is one of the most productive amphibian research laboratories in the world.-Life:Born in Kerala, Biju started...
, Van Bocxlaer, Mahony, Dinesh, Radhakrishnan, Zachariah, Giri & Bossuyt, 2011 - Nyctibatrachus petraeusNyctibatrachus petraeusNyctibatrachus petraeus is a species of frog in the Ranidae family.-Habitat:Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and rivers.-References:* Kunte, K. 2006. . Downloaded on 23 July 2007....
Das & Kunte, 2005 - Nyctibatrachus pillaii BijuSathyabhama Das BijuSathyabhama Das Biju is an Indian amphibian biologist, who teaches at the University of Delhi. With more than a hundred discoveries stemming from his personal work or that in his lab, his is one of the most productive amphibian research laboratories in the world.-Life:Born in Kerala, Biju started...
, Van Bocxlaer, Mahony, Dinesh, Radhakrishnan, Zachariah, Giri & Bossuyt, 2011 - Nyctibatrachus poochaNyctibatrachus poochaNyctibatrachus poocha, also known as the meowing night frog because of its cat-like call, is one of twelve species of frog in the Nyctibatrachus genus discovered in September 2011. It is found exclusively in the Western Ghats, India...
BijuSathyabhama Das BijuSathyabhama Das Biju is an Indian amphibian biologist, who teaches at the University of Delhi. With more than a hundred discoveries stemming from his personal work or that in his lab, his is one of the most productive amphibian research laboratories in the world.-Life:Born in Kerala, Biju started...
, Van Bocxlaer, Mahony, Dinesh, Radhakrishnan, Zachariah, Giri & Bossuyt, 2011 - Nyctibatrachus sanctipalustrisNyctibatrachus sanctipalustrisNyctibatrachus sanctipalustris or the Coorg night frog is a species of frog in the Ranidae family. The specific name, sanctipalustris, "holy swamp" in Latin, refers to the type locality, "the sacred swamps of the Cauvery [river]...Coorg, India"....
Rao, 1920 - Nyctibatrachus shiradi BijuSathyabhama Das BijuSathyabhama Das Biju is an Indian amphibian biologist, who teaches at the University of Delhi. With more than a hundred discoveries stemming from his personal work or that in his lab, his is one of the most productive amphibian research laboratories in the world.-Life:Born in Kerala, Biju started...
, Van Bocxlaer, Mahony, Dinesh, Radhakrishnan, Zachariah, Giri & Bossuyt, 2011 - Nyctibatrachus sholai Radhakrishnan, Dinesh & Ravichandran, 2007
- Nyctibatrachus sylvaticusNyctibatrachus sylvaticusNyctibatrachus sylvaticus or the forest night frog is a species of frog in the Ranidae family.-Habitat:Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and rivers.-Taxonomy:...
Rao, 1937 - Nyctibatrachus vasanthiNyctibatrachus vasanthiNyctibatrachus vasanthi is a species of frog in the Ranidae family.-References:* Biju, S.D., Dutta, S., Inger, R. & Ravichandran, M.S. 2004. . Downloaded on 23 July 2007....
Ravichandran, 1997 - Nyctibatrachus vrijeuniNyctibatrachus vrijeuniThe VUB night frog 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....
BijuSathyabhama Das BijuSathyabhama Das Biju is an Indian amphibian biologist, who teaches at the University of Delhi. With more than a hundred discoveries stemming from his personal work or that in his lab, his is one of the most productive amphibian research laboratories in the world.-Life:Born in Kerala, Biju started...
, Van Bocxlaer, Mahony, Dinesh, Radhakrishnan, Zachariah, Giri & Bossuyt, 2011