Nyctibatrachus kumbara

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 kumbara

Name

Nyctibatrachus kumbara Gururaja, Dinesh, Priti & Ravikanth, 2014: 41

• Holotype: ZSI/WGFRS/V/A/860, adult ♂, collected by K.V. Gururaja and Sameer Ali on 9 June 2006.
• Type locality: “along a flowing rivulet of Sharavathi river basin (14.27323°N; 74.74756°E, 590m amsl) at Kathalekan, Uttara Kannada District, Karnataka, India”.

References

Primary references

• Gururaja, K.V., Dinesh, K.P., Priti, H. & Ravikanth, G. 2014. Mud-packing frog: A novel breeding behaviour and parental care in a stream dwelling new species of Nyctibatrachus (Amphibia, Anura, Nyctibatrachidae). Zootaxa 3796(1): 33–61. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3796.1.2 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Kumbara Night Frog

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