''Euphlyctis'' is a genus of

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 ski ...

s in family

Dicroglossidae The frog family Dicroglossidae occurs in tropical and subtropical regions of Asia and Africa, with most genera and species being found in Asia. The common name of the family is fork-tongued frogs. The Dicroglossidae were previously considered to ...

distributed from the southwestern Arabian Peninsula, Pakistan and Afghanistan to India, Nepal, through Myanmar and Thailand to Malaya, and Sri Lanka. None of the four species assessed by the

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is considered

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Species

There are eight species recognised in the genus ''Euphlyctis'': * '' Euphlyctis aloysii'' (Joshy, Alam, Kurabayashi, Sumida, and Kuramoto, 2009) * ''

Euphlyctis cyanophlyctis ''Euphlyctis cyanophlyctis'' is a common Dicroglossidae, dicroglossid frog found in South Asia. It is known under numerous common names, including Indian skipper frog or skittering frog. They are often seen at the edge of bodies of water with th ...

'' (Schneider, 1799) * '' Euphlyctis ehrenbergii'' (Peters, 1863) * '' Euphlyctis ghoshi'' (Chanda, 1991) * ''

Euphlyctis hexadactylus ''Euphlyctis hexadactylus'', also known as the green pond frog, Indian green frog, and Indian five-fingered frog, is a common species of aquatic frog found in Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. The nominal taxon likely represents a specie ...

'' (Lesson, 1834) * '' Euphlyctis jaladhara'' (Dinesh K, Channakeshavamurthy B, Deepak P, Shabnam A, Ghosh A, and Deuti K, 2022) * '' Euphlyctis kalasgramensis'' (Howlader, Nair, Gopalan, and Merilä, 2015) * '' Euphlyctis karaavali'' (Priti, Naik, Seshadri, Singal, Vidisha, Ravikanth, and Gururaja, 2016) * ''

Euphlyctis kerala ''Euphlyctis'' is a genus of frogs in family Dicroglossidae distributed from the southwestern Arabian Peninsula, Pakistan and Afghanistan to India, Nepal, through Myanmar and Thailand to Malaya, and Sri Lanka. None of the four species assessed by ...

'' (Dinesh, Channakeshavamurthy, Deepak, Ghosh, and Deuti, 2021) * ''

Euphlyctis mudigere ''Euphlyctis'' is a genus of frogs in family Dicroglossidae distributed from the southwestern Arabian Peninsula, Pakistan and Afghanistan to India, Nepal, through Myanmar and Thailand to Malaya, and Sri Lanka. None of the four species assessed by ...

'' (Joshy, Alam, Kurabayashi, Sumida, and Kuramoto, 2009 was placed into the synonymy of ''Euphlyctis cyanophlyctis'')

References

Dicroglossidae Amphibians of Asia Amphibian genera Taxa named by Leopold Fitzinger {{Dicroglossidae-stub