''Ingerana'' is a genus of

frog A frog is any member of a diverse and largely carnivorous group of short-bodied, tailless amphibians composing the order Anura (ανοὐρά, literally ''without tail'' in Ancient Greek). The oldest fossil "proto-frog" '' Triadobatrachus'' is ...

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 ...

. These frogs are distributed in southeastern Asia, from Nepal, northeastern India, and southwestern China to

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, and the Philippines. They are sometimes known as the eastern frogs.

Species

With the placement of '' Ingerana baluensis'' being enigmatic, several species having been transferred to ''

Limnonectes ''Limnonectes'' is a genus of fork-tongued frogs of about 75 known species, but new ones are still being described occasionally. They are collectively known as fanged frogs because they tend to have unusually large teeth, which are small or absen ...

'' in 2013 (''

Ingerana alpina ''Liurana alpina'' is a species of frog in the family Ceratobatrachidae. It is endemic to China and only known from its type locality, Dayandong in Mêdog County, Tibet. This little known species lives under moss in forest at about asl. Referen ...

'', '' Ingerana liui'', '' Ingerana medogensis'', '' Ingerana xizangensis''), and one species being transferred to ''

Minervarya ''Minervarya'' is a genus of frogs in the family Dicroglossidae from south Asia (Sri Lanka, the Indian subcontinent including Pakistan, Nepal, and Bangladesh), and Nepal and Bhutan. They are also known as cricket frogs or rice frogs. Taxonomy Th ...

'' in 2022 ('' Ingerana charlesdarwini'') this genus is left the following species: * ''

Ingerana borealis The northern frog (''Ingerana borealis''), or the Rotung oriental frog is a species of frog in the family Dicroglossidae. It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, northeastern India, Tibet, Nepal, and western Myanmar. Its natural habitats are small, s ...

'' (Annandale, 1912) * '' Ingerana reticulata'' (Zhao & Li, 1984) * '' Ingerana tenasserimensis'' (Sclater, 1892)

References

Dicroglossidae Amphibians of Asia Amphibian genera {{dicroglossidae-stub