Clinotarsus

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Clinotarsus
RanaCurtipes2.jpg
Breeding male Clinotarsus curtipes
Scientific classification e
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
Grosjean et al.., 2015 Palebrown stream frog Peninsular Thailand from central Kachana Buri province south to Trang Province

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Clinotarsus Mivart, 1869". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 4 May 2014.
  2. ^ a b "Ranidae". AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. Berkeley, California: AmphibiaWeb. 2014. Archived from the original on 1 February 2019. Retrieved 4 May 2014.


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