Melanobatrachus indicus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Anura

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Ordo: Anura

Familia: Microhylidae
Subfamilia: Melanobatrachinae
Genus: Melanobatrachus
Species: Melanobatrachus indicus

Name

Melanobatrachus indicus Beddome, 1878

Type locality: "Anamallays and the Ghats range to the south of those mountains, . . . in moist evergreen forests of 4000 feet elevation", India.

Syntypes: ZSIC 10969, BM 78.9.3.1.

References

• Beddome, 1878, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1878: 722.
• Frost, D.R. 2021. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.1. Electronic Database accessible at https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/index.php. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. DOI: 10.5531/db.vz.0001 Melanobatrachus indicus . Accessed on 17 June 2008.
• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Melanobatrachus indicus  (Endangered) Downloaded on 17 June 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Malabar Black Narrow-mouthed Frog