Biology:Lankanectes
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Short description: Genus of amphibians
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Nyctibatrachidae |
| Subfamily: | Lankanectinae Dubois & Ohler, 2001 |
| Genus: | Lankanectes Dubois & Ohler, 2001 |
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Lankanectes is a genus of frogs in the family Nyctibatrachidae that is endemic to Sri Lanka. It is the only member of the Nyctibatrachidae to be found outside India and the only member of the subfamily Lankanectinae.[1][2]
There are two known species in this genus:
- Lankanectes corrugatus (Peters, 1863)[3]
- Lankanectes pera (Senevirathne et al, 2018)[4]
References
- ↑ "Lankanectes Dubois and Ohler, 2001 | Amphibian Species of the World". http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/Amphibia/Anura/Nyctibatrachidae/Lankanectinae/Lankanectes.
- ↑ Dubois, A.; Ohler, A. (2001). "A new genus for an aquatic ranid (Amphibia, Anura) from Sri Lanka". Alytes 19 (2/4): 81–106. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/284057099.
- ↑ "AmphibiaWeb - Lankanectes corrugatus". https://amphibiaweb.org/species/4749.
- ↑ "AmphibiaWeb - Lankanectes pera". https://amphibiaweb.org/species/8900.
Wikidata ☰ Q10784398 entry
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