Ranixalidae is a

family Family (from la, familia) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its members and of society. Idea ...

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 commonly known as the leaping frogs or Indian frogs. They are

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found els ...

to central and southern India.

Genera

There are two genera with a total 18 species: *'' Indirana'' Laurent, 1986 — 14 species *''

Walkerana ''Walkerana'' is a genus of frogs in the family Ranixalidae. The genus is endemic to the Western Ghats in the states of Kerala and Tamil Nadu, India. It was erected in 2016 to host three species of ''Indirana'' that represented a genetically a ...

'' Dahanukar, Modak, Krutha, Nameer, Padhye, and Molur, 2016 — 4 species The respective species counts in the AmphibiaWeb are 15 (because ''

Indirana tenuilingua ''Indirana tenuilingua'' is a species of frog that is considered '' nomen inquirendum''. It is only known from the type series, now lost, from its type locality, Kemphole (also spelled "Kempholey"), in the Western Ghats of India. It is somet ...

'', a ''

nomen inquirendum In biological classification, a ''species inquirenda'' is a species of doubtful identity requiring further investigation. The use of the term in English-language biological literature dates back to at least the early nineteenth century. The term t ...

'', is listed) and three (''

Walkerana muduga ''Walkerana muduga'', also known as the Muduga mountain leaping frog or Muduga leaping frog, is a species of frog in the family Ranixalidae. It is endemic to the Western Ghats of India and known from the Elivai Malai range, north of the Palgh ...

'' Dinesh ''et al''., 2020 not (yet) listed).

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q14612656 Endemic fauna of India