Nasikabatrachus sahyadrensis

Nasikabatrachus sahyadrensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Anura
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Batrachomorpha Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Superordo: Batrachia Cladus: Salientia Ordo: Anura

Nasikabatrachus sahyadrensis Biju & Bossuyt, 2003: 711

Holotype: BNHS 4202, adult ♀, collected by S.D. Biju in July 2000.
Type locality: “Disturbed secondary forest near a cardamom plantation at Kattappana (09°45′ N, 77°05′ E), altitude approximately 900 m), Idukki district, Kerala, Western Ghats, India”.

Biju, S.D. & Bossuyt, F. 2003. New frog family from India reveals an ancient biogeographical link with the Seychelles. Nature 425: 711–714. DOI: 10.1038/nature02019 Reference page.

Raj, P., Vasudevan, K., Deepak, V., Sharma, R., Singh, S., Aggarwal, R.K. & Dutta, S.K. 2012. Larval morphology and ontogeny of Nasikabatrachus sahyadrensis Biju & Bossuyt, 2003 (Anura, Nasikabatrachidae) from Western Ghats, India. Zootaxa 3510(1): 65–76. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3510.1.4 Reference page.
Zachariah, A., Abraham, R.K., Das, S., Jayan, K.C. & Altig, R. 2012. A detailed account of the reproductive strategy and developmental stages of Nasikabatrachus sahyadrensis (Anura: Nasikabatrachidae), the only extant member of an archaic frog lineage. Zootaxa 3510(1): 53–64. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3510.1.3 Reference page.

IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group. 2022. IUCN: Nasikabatrachus sahyadrensis (Near Threatened). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: e.T58051A166098621. Accessed on 20 February 2023.

English: Purple Frog
italiano: Rana viola

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