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Nyctibatrachus kempholeyensis (Rao, 1937)

Kempholey night frog

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonym/s: Nannobatrachus kempholeyensis Rao, 1937

 

Conservation Status

Rediscovered in 2011

IUCN RedList status: Data Deficient

 

Distribution

India

 

Anatomy & Morphology

 

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

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References

Original scientific description:

Rao, C. R. N. (1937). On some new forms of Batrachia from south India. Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Science [1937]: 387-427.

 

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 kempholeyensis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2004: e.T58400A11773132. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T58400A11773132.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

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

 

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