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Nyctibatrachidae
Nyctibatrachidae is a small family of frogs found in the Western Ghats of India and in Sri Lanka. Their common name is robust frogs. Recognition of Nyctibatrachidae as a family is fairly recent. These frogs were previously placed in the broadly defined family Ranidae, which was more recently divided into three subfamilies: Lankanectinae, Nyctibatrachinae, and Astrobatrachinae. Genera The family contains three genera in their own subfamilies: * Subfamily Astrobatrachinae **'' Astrobatrachus'' Vijayakumar ''et al.'', 2019 (Western Ghats of southwestern India – 1 species) *Subfamily Lankanectinae **'' Lankanectes'' Dubois and Ohler, 2001 (Sri Lanka – 2 species) * Subfamily Nyctibatrachinae **''Nyctibatrachus'' Boulenger, 1882 (Western Ghats of southwestern India – 28 species) Description ''Nyctibatrachus'' are robust-bodied frogs that range in size from small (snout–vent length <20 mm in '' |
Nyctibatrachus
''Nyctibatrachus'' is a genus of frogs endemism, endemic to the Western Ghats of southwestern India. Their common name is night frogs. Their scientific name also means "night frog", in reference to their habits and dark color. They are the only extant members of the Monotypic taxon, monotypic subfamily Nyctibatrachinae. Currently, 35 species belong to ''Nyctibatrachus.'' Description Members of the genus ''Nyctibatrachus'' are robust-bodied frogs that range in size from small (snout–vent length <13 mm in ''Nyctibatrachus robinmoorei'') to relatively large (up to 84 mm ''Nyctibatrachus karnatakaensis''). The especially small species are among the smallest of all Indian frogs. They have a concealed tympanum, dorsum with longitudinal skin folds, femoral glands, and expanded finger and toes disks. They occur near streams in hilly evergreen forests and are nocturnal. Mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nyctibatrachus Beddomii
''Nyctibatrachus beddomii'' (common names: Beddome's night frog, pigmy wrinkled frog, Beddome's dwarf wrinkled frog, and Tirunelveli's hill frog) is a species of frog in the family Nyctibatrachidae. Taxonomy The epithet or specific name, ''beddomii'', honors Colonel Richard Henry Beddome (1830–1911), United Kingdom, British naturalist and military officer. The species is one of 34 species in the night frog genus ''Nyctibatrachus'', in the robust frog family Nyctibatrachidae. Within its genus, it is part of a clade (group formed by all of a common ancestor's descendants) that includes Nyctibatrachus manalari, ''N. manalari'', Nyctibatrachus robinmoorei, ''N. robinmoorei'', ''Nyctibatrachus anamallaiensis, N. anamallaiensis'', ''Nyctibatrachus sabarimalai, N. sabarimalai'', and ''Nyctibatrachus pulivijayani, N. pulivijayani''. It is basal within the group and is Sister group, sister (most closely related) to a clade that includes the other five species. The following cladogra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lankanectes
''Lankanectes'' is a genus of frogs in the family Nyctibatrachidae that is endemic to Sri Lanka. It is the only member of the Nyctibatrachidae to be found outside India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ... and the only member of the subfamily Lankanectinae. There are two known species in this genus: * '' Lankanectes corrugatus'' ( Peters, 1863) * '' Lankanectes pera'' (Senevirathne ''et al'', 2018) References Nyctibatrachidae Amphibian genera Endemic fauna of Sri Lanka Frogs of Sri Lanka {{ranoidea-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Starry Dwarf Frog
''Astrobatrachus'' is a genus of frogs in the family Nyctibatrachidae that is endemic to the Western Ghats of India. It is the only member of the subfamily Astrobatrachinae and is represented by a single species, ''Astrobatrachus kurichiyana'', commonly known as the starry dwarf frog. It was discovered in the shola cloud forests of the Wayanad Plateau, and is considered a relict species due to its very small range restricted to certain refugia habitats. It is genetically highly different from both ''Nyctibatrachus'' and ''Lankanectes'', with their last common sister species hypothesized to have existed several millions of years ago. It can physically be distinguished by its brown coloration with an orange belly and bluish-white spots. This species is threatened by its very small distribution which completely falls outside protected areas, making it vulnerable to habitat degradation Habitat destruction (also termed habitat loss or habitat reduction) occurs when a natural ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frog
A frog is any member of a diverse and largely semiaquatic group of short-bodied, tailless amphibian vertebrates composing the order (biology), order Anura (coming from the Ancient Greek , literally 'without tail'). Frog species with rough skin texture due to wart-like parotoid glands tend to be called toads, but the distinction between frogs and toads is informal and purely cosmetic, not from taxonomy (biology), taxonomy or evolutionary history. Frogs are widely distributed, ranging from the tropics to subarctic regions, but the greatest concentration of species diversity is in tropical rainforest and associated wetlands. They account for around 88% of extant amphibian species, and are one of the five most diverse vertebrate orders. The oldest fossil "proto-frog" ''Triadobatrachus'' is known from the Early Triassic of Madagascar (250Myr, million years ago), but molecular clock, molecular clock dating suggests their divergent evolution, divergence from other amphibians may exte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nyctibatrachus Karnatakaensis
The giant wrinkled frog (''Nyctibatrachus karnatakaensis'', arguably a junior synonym of ''N. hussaini'') is a species of frogs in the family Nyctibatrachidae endemic to the Western Ghats of India in the Kudremukh region. Its natural habitats are tropical moist lowland forests and rivers. It is threatened by habitat loss. Taxonomic controversy This "species" was named after the Indian ornithologist S. A. Hussain as ''Nyctibatrachus hussaini''. In 2001, Biju questioned the validity of this species due to lack of type specimens in the museum. In 2007, some of the same authors suggested the alternative name of ''Nyctibatrachus karnatakaensis'', stating that ''Nyctibatrachus hussaini'' was invalid due to the lack of a traceable holotype, though two of the authors claiming this were responsible for the original description. A holotype (more correctly a neotype) was designated and vouchered at the Zoological Survey of India in Kozhikode Kozhikode (), also known as Calicut, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rose Marie Antoinette Blommers-Schlösser
Rose Marie Antoinette Blommers-Schlösser (Eindhoven, 1944) is a Dutch herpetologist and entomologist. Life and research Blommers-Schlösser conducted her PhD at the University of Amsterdam on the systematics of the frogs of Madagascar. Together with numerous other herpetologists, especially Charles P. Blanc, she described numerous species of frogs from Madagascar, including '' Mantidactylus spiniferus'', '' Boophis reticulatus'', '' Spinomantis guibei'', and '' Guibemantis punctatus'',. and contributed extensively to the knowledge of these and other species. She contributed particularly significantly to understanding of the reproductive behaviour of numerous microhylids from Madagascar, and supraspecific taxonomy of the Mantellidae. She also contributed to the literature on the karyotypes of phytoseiid mites of Madagascar in 1975. Matronyms The frog genus ''Blommersia ''Blommersia'' is a genus of frogs in the mantellid subfamily Mantellinae. This genus is restricted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Albert Boulenger
George Albert Boulenger (19 October 1858 – 23 November 1937) was a Belgian-British zoologist who described and gave scientific names to over 2,000 new animal species, chiefly fish, reptiles, and amphibians. Boulenger was also an active botanist during the last 30 years of his life, especially in the study of roses. Life Boulenger was born in Brussels, Belgium, the only son of Gustave Boulenger, a Belgian public notary, and Juliette Piérart, from Valenciennes. He graduated in 1876 from the Free University of Brussels (1834–1969), Free University of Brussels with a degree in natural sciences, and worked for a while at the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Brussels, as an assistant naturalist studying amphibians, reptiles, and fishes. He also made frequent visits during this time to the ''National Museum of Natural History (France), Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle'' in Paris and the Natural History Museum, London, British Museum in London. Boulenger develop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Family (biology)
Family (, : ) is one of the eight major hierarchical taxonomic ranks in Linnaean taxonomy. It is classified between order and genus. A family may be divided into subfamilies, which are intermediate ranks between the ranks of family and genus. The official family names are Latin in origin; however, popular names are often used: for example, walnut trees and hickory trees belong to the family Juglandaceae, but that family is commonly referred to as the "walnut family". The delineation of what constitutes a family—or whether a described family should be acknowledged—is established and decided upon by active taxonomists. There are not strict regulations for outlining or acknowledging a family, yet in the realm of plants, these classifications often rely on both the vegetative and reproductive characteristics of plant species. Taxonomists frequently hold varying perspectives on these descriptions, leading to a lack of widespread consensus within the scientific community ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, also known historically as Ceylon, is an island country in South Asia. It lies in the Indian Ocean, southwest of the Bay of Bengal, separated from the Indian subcontinent, Indian peninsula by the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait. It shares a maritime border with the Maldives in the southwest and India in the northwest. Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte is the legislative capital of Sri Lanka, while the largest city, Colombo, is the administrative and judicial capital which is the nation's political, financial and cultural centre. Kandy is the second-largest urban area and also the capital of the last native kingdom of Sri Lanka. The most spoken language Sinhala language, Sinhala, is spoken by the majority of the population (approximately 17 million). Tamil language, Tamil is also spoken by approximately five million people, making it the second most-spoken language in Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka has a population of appr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
