Nyctibatrachus
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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, 1882
Species
Presently 13, 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 aliciae
• Nyctibatrachus annamalaiensis
• Nyctibatrachus beddomii
• Nyctibatrachus deccanensis
• Nyctibatrachus dattatreyaensis²
• Nyctibatrachus humayuni
• Nyctibatrachus karnatakaensis (=N. hussaini)
• Nyctibatrachus kempholeyensis
• Nyctibatrachus major – Malabar Night Frog, Large Wrinkled Frog, Boulenger's Narrow-eyed Frog
• Nyctibatrachus minimus
• Nyctibatrachus minor
• Nyctibatrachus petraeus
• Nyctibatrachus sanctipalustris
• Nyctibatrachus sholai Radhakrishnan, Dinesh & Ravichandran, 2007
• Nyctibatrachus sylvaticus
• Nyctibatrachus vasanthi

Footnotes

References

• 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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