Biology:Nyctibatrachus anamallaiensis

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Short description: Species of amphibian

Anamallai night frog
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Nyctibatrachidae
Genus: Nyctibatrachus
Species:
N. anamallaiensis
Binomial name
Nyctibatrachus anamallaiensis
(Myers, 1942)
Synonyms

Nannobatrachus anamallaiensis Myers, 1942

Nyctibatrachus anamallaiensis, the Anamallai night frog, is a species of frog in the family Nyctibatrachidae that is endemic to the southern Western Ghats, India . It is only known from the vicinity of its type locality, Valparai in Anaimalai Hills, Tamil Nadu. It was for a long time considered to be a synonym of Nyctibatrachus beddomii.[1]

Nyctibatrachus anamallaiensis is a small species, reaching a snout–vent length of only 17 mm (0.67 in). The type series is from a marshy pasture through which a small stream was running; the specimens were found in and near the water.[2]

References

  1. Frost, Darrel R. (2013). "Nyctibatrachus anamallaiensis (Myers, 1942)". Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/?action=names&taxon=Nyctibatrachus+anamallaiensis. Retrieved 3 December 2013. 
  2. Myers, George S. (1942). "A new frog from the Anamallai Hills, with notes on other frogs and some snakes from South India". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 55: 49–56. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/46076. 

Wikidata ☰ Q3346614 entry