Nyctibatrachus periyar

Nyctibatrachus periyar is a species of frog endemic to the Western Ghats of India. It is known only from the Periyar tiger reserve from where it was described in 2011.[1]

Nyctibatrachus periyar
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Nyctibatrachidae
Genus: Nyctibatrachus
Species:
N. periyar
Binomial name
Nyctibatrachus periyar
Biju et al., 2011

References

  1. Biju, S. D.; I. Van Bocxlaer; S. Mahony; K. P. Dinesh; C. Radhakrishnan; A. Zachariah; V. B. Giri; F. Bossuyt (2011). "A taxonomic review of the Night Frog genus Nyctibatrachus Boulenger, 1882 in the Western Ghats, India (Anura: Nyctibatrachidae) with description of twelve new species". Zootaxa. 3029 (1–96).
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