Biology:VUB night frog
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Short description: Species of amphibian
| VUB night frog | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Nyctibatrachidae |
| Genus: | Nyctibatrachus |
| Species: | N. vrijeuni
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| Nyctibatrachus vrijeuni Biju, 2011
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The VUB night frog (Nyctibatrachus vrijeuni) is a species of frogs in the family Nyctibatrachidae. Both the specific name, "vrijeuni", and the acronym in the common name, "VUB", refer to Vrije Universiteit Brussel, the Free University of Brussels.[1] It is one of 12 new species of frogs in the genus Nyctibatrachus discovered in September 2011.[2] It is found exclusively in the Western Ghats, India.[3]
References
- ↑ Biju, S. D.; Bocxlaer, Ines Van; Mahony, Stephen; Dinesh, K. P.; Radhakrishnan, C.; Zachariah, Anil; Giri, Varad; Bossuyt, Franky (2011-09-15). "A taxonomic review of the Night Frog genus Nyctibatrachus Boulenger, 1882 in the Western Ghats, India (Anura: Nyctibatrachidae) with description of twelve new species". Zootaxa 3029 (1). doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3029.1.1. ISSN 1175-5334. https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.3029.1.1.
- ↑ Mann, Adam (16 September 2011). "12 New and 3 Lost Night-Frog Species Discovered in India". wired.com. https://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2011/09/new-and-rediscovered-frogs/?pid=2145&viewall=true. Retrieved 18 September 2011.
- ↑ "Twelve new frog species detected in Western Ghats". deccanherald.com. 16 September 2011. http://www.deccanherald.com/content/191326/twelve-frog-species-detected-western.html. Retrieved 18 September 2011.
Wikidata ☰ Q1948060 entry
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