Coorg night frog
| Coorg night frog | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Nyctibatrachidae |
| Genus: | Nyctibatrachus |
| Species: | N. sanctipalustris
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| Binomial name | |
| Nyctibatrachus sanctipalustris Rao, 1920
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Nyctibatrachus sanctipalustris (Coorg night frog or sacred swamp wrinkled frog) is a species of frog in the family Nyctibatrachidae from India. The specific name, sanctipalustris, "holy swamp" in Latin, refers to the type locality, "the sacred swamps of the Cauvery (river)...Coorg, India".[2]
Distribution and habitat
[edit]Nyctibatrachus sanctipalustris is endemic to the Western Ghats, India. All known populations are within Karnataka state.[2] It is a semiaquatic species that lives in marshes within moist tropical forests.[1]
Rediscovery
[edit]This species was described by C. R. Narayan Rao in 1920, and was thought to have been extinct after remaining unsighted for 91 years. Its rediscovery in 2011 coincided with the discovery of Nyctibatrachus poocha and others of the genus Nyctibatrachus by herpetologist Sathyabhama Das Biju.[3][4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b S.D. Biju, Sushil Dutta, Robert Inger (2004). "Nyctibatrachus sanctipalustris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004: e.T58403A11773851. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T58403A11773851.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ a b Frost, Darrel R. (2013). "Nyctibatrachus sanctipalustris Rao, 1920". Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
- ^ The Associated Press (17 September 2011). "Scientists Discover 12 New Frog Species In India". NPR. Retrieved 18 September 2011.
- ^ "12 night frog varieties found in the Western Ghats". The Times of India. 17 September 2011. Archived from the original on 27 September 2012. Retrieved 18 September 2011.
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