Nyctibatrachus periyar
| Nyctibatrachus periyar | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Nyctibatrachidae |
| Genus: | Nyctibatrachus |
| Species: | N. periyar
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| Binomial name | |
| Nyctibatrachus periyar Biju et al., 2011
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Nyctibatrachus periyar is a species of frog endemic to the Western Ghats of India. It is known only from the Periyar tiger reserve from where it was described in 2011.[1]
References[]
- ^ Biju, S. D.; I. Van Bocxlaer; S. Mahony; K. P. Dinesh; C. Radhakrishnan; A. Zachariah; V. B. Giri; F. Bossuyt (2011). "A taxonomic review of the Night Frog genus Nyctibatrachus Boulenger, 1882 in the Western Ghats, India (Anura: Nyctibatrachidae) with description of twelve new species". Zootaxa. 3029 (1–96).
Categories:
- Endemic fauna of India
- Nyctibatrachus