Nyctibatrachus karnatakaensis

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: Nyctibatrachidae
Genus: Nyctibatrachus
Species: Nyctibatrachus karnatakaensis

Name

Nyctibatrachus karnatakaensis Dinesh, Radhakrishnan, Manjunatha Reddy & Gururaja, 2007

Type locality: "from a 3° perennial stream with big boulders amidst a shola forest in Manikyadhara Betta, Kudremukh National Park (13° 21.6´ N; 75° 07.9´ E, 900 m asl), Sringeri Taluk, Chikmagalur District, Karnataka, southwest India".

Holotype: ZSI/WGFRS/V/A 579.

Synonyms

Nyctibatrachus hussaini Krishnamurty, Reddy & Gururaja, 2001
Nyctibatrachus karnatakensis Dinesh, Radhakrishnan, Manjunatha, Reddy & Gururaja, 2007

References

Krishnamurty, Reddy, and Gururaja, 2001, Curr. Sci., Bangalore, 80: 887.
Dinesh, Radhakrishnan, Manjunatha Reddy, and Gururaja, 2007, Curr. Sci., 93: 246.
Khanna, V. 2008: Taxonomic vandalism. Current science, 94: 1112. PDF
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 Nyctibatrachus karnatakaensis . Accessed on 22 June 2008.
2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Nyctibatrachus karnatakaensis (Not Evaluated) Downloaded on 22 June 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Giant Wrinkled Frog