Nyctibatrachus deccanensis

Nyctibatrachus deccanensis
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Family:	Nyctibatrachidae
Genus:	Nyctibatrachus
Species:	N. deccanensis
Binomial name
Nyctibatrachus deccanensis Dubois, 1984
Synonyms
Rana pygmaea Günther, 1876 "1875" — preoccupied by Rana pygmaea Spix, 1824 Nyctibatrachus pygmaeus (Günther, 1876) Nyctibatrachus sholai Radhakrishnan, Dinesh, and Ravichandran, 2007

Nyctibatrachus deccanensis (common names: Deccan night frog, Deccan wrinkled frog) is a species of frog in the family Nyctibatrachidae. It is endemic to the southern Western Ghats in Tamil Nadu and Kerala states, India.^[2] Its natural habitats are tropical moist lowland forests, moist montane forests, and rivers. It is threatened by habitat loss.^[1]

Illustration as Nyctibatrachus pygmaeus from George Albert Boulenger's Catalogue of the Batrachia Salientia s. Ecaudata in the collection of the British Museum published in 1882.^[3] This species was first described as Rana pygmaea by Albert Günther in 1876. Because that name is a homonym of Rana pygmaea Spix, 1824, replacement name was established in 1984.^[2]

References

1. Biju, S.D.; Dutta, S.; Ravichandran, M.S (2004). "Nyctibatrachus deccanensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2004: e.T58397A11767715. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
2. Frost, Darrel R. (2016). "Nyctibatrachus deccanensis Dubois, 1984". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
3. Boulenger, George Albert (1882). Catalogue of the Batrachia Salientia s. Ecaudata in the collection of the British Museum (2 ed.). London: British Museum (Natural History). p. 113–144. (Illustration: Plate XII)

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