Biology:Clinotarsus

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Short description: Genus of amphibians

Clinotarsus
RanaCurtipes2.jpg
Breeding male Clinotarsus curtipes
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Ranidae
Genus: Clinotarsus
(Mivart, 1869)[1]
Species

see text.

Synonyms
  • Pachybatrachus Mivart, 1869 (preoccupied)
  • Nasirana Dubois, 1992

Clinotarsus is a genus of ranid frogs.[1][2] Members of this genus are found in India and Southeast Asia.[1]

Species

There are three species recognised in the genus Clinotarsus:[1][2]

Image Name Common name Distribution
Clinotarsus alticola from Thailand.jpg Clinotarsus alticola (Boulenger, 1882) Assam Hills frog, Annandale's frog, pointed-headed frog, palebrown stream frog, hill frog, point-nosed frog, and high-altitude frog Meghalaya and northeastern India (Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura, and West Bengal) to northern Bangladesh
Bicolored Frog ( Clinotarsus curtipes ).jpg Clinotarsus curtipes (Jerdon, 1853) bicolored frog or Malabar frog Western Ghats of India
Clinotarsus penelope Grosjean et al.., 2015 Palebrown stream frog Peninsular Thailand from central Kachana Buri province south to Trang Province

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Clinotarsus Mivart, 1869". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/Amphibia/Anura/Ranidae/Clinotarsus. Retrieved 4 May 2014. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Ranidae". AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. Berkeley, California: AmphibiaWeb. 2014. http://www.amphibiaweb.org/lists/Ranidae.shtml. Retrieved 4 May 2014. 

Wikidata ☰ Q2104829 entry