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Nyctibatrachus sanctipalustris Rao, 1920

Coorg night frog, Sacred swamp wrinkled frog

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

 

 

Conservation Status

Rediscovered

IUCN RedList status: Endangered

 

Distribution

India

 

Anatomy & Morphology

 

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

Media

 

 

References

Original scientific description:

Rao, C. R. N. (1920). Some south Indian batrachians. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society [1920]: 119-127.

 

Other references:

Biju, S.D. 2001. A synopsis to the frog fauna of the Western Ghats, India. Occasional Publication 1. ISCB: 1-24.

S.D. Biju, Sushil Dutta, Robert Inger. (2004). Nyctibatrachus sanctipalustris. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2004: e.T58403A11773851. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T58403A11773851.en. Accessed on 27 November 2022.

Biju, S. D. et al. (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): 1-96. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3029.1.1

Chanda, S.K. and Das, I. 1997. The systematic status of Nyctibatrachus sanctipalustris modestus Rao, 1920 (Anura: Ranidae). Hamadryad: 48-49.

Dutta, S.K. 1997. Amphibians of India and Sri Lanka. Odyssey Publishing House, Bhubaneswar.

 

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