Nyctibatrachus radcliffei
Nyctibatrachus radcliffei | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Anura |
Family: | Nyctibatrachidae |
Genus: | Nyctibatrachus |
Species: | N. radcliffei
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Binomial name | |
Nyctibatrachus radcliffei | |
N. radcliffei is known only from the Nilgiri Mountains of southern India |
Nyctibatrachus radcliffei, also known as Radcliffe's night frog
The species is
Taxonomy and systematics
Nyctibatrachus radcliffei was described in 2017 by the
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Description
N. radcliffei is a medium-sized night frog, with a snout–vent length of 32.8–38.3 mm (1.29–1.51 in) for adult males. The head is wider than it is long, and the snout is longer than the diameter of the eye. The tympanum (external ear) is indistinct, and the skin of the chest, belly, and limbs is rough in texture.[1]
In adult males, the upperside of the body and the sides of head are reddish-brown with scattered blackish-brown spots, with dark brown upper eyelids. The underside of the body is light flesh-red, while the sides of the stomach and hind limbs are light reddish-brown with prominent black speckles. The forelimbs and hind limbs are mostly light brown, with faint brown transverse bands, and the hands and feet are dark grey. The webbing of the feet is light grey with minute black speckles. When preserved in 70% ethanol, the upperside of the body and the sides of head change in colour to dark grey with scattered black spots, while the upper eyelids become dark grey and the underside becomes greyish-white. The sides of the stomach and hind limbs turn grey with dark grey spots, and the hands and feet become dark grey.[1]
N. radcliffei can be distinguished from its congeners by a combination of its middling size; robust body; extensive webbing on the feet; noticeable wrinkling on the skin of the upperside, without conspicuous projections along the spine; a prominent Y-shaped ridge from the upper lip to the nostrils; the presence of the dorso-terminal groove (groove on the upper side of the tip of the digit) on the fourth toe; the absence of the dorso-terminal groove on the third finger; two tubercles on the palm; and the foot and lower leg each being shorter than the thigh and nearly equal in length to each other.[1]
Distribution, ecology, and conservation
N. radcliffei is
The species is thought to breed during the early
References
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- ^ Dinesh, K. P.; Radhakrishnan, C.; Deepak, P. & Kulkarni, N. U. (2023). A Checklist of Indian Amphibians with common names for the country and their IUCN Conservation Status (Report) (5th ed.). Zoological Survey of India. p. 9.
- ^ Johnsingh, A. J. T. (13 August 2009). "A walk in the clouds". The Hindu. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
Major Radcliffe, a British hunter-turned-conservationist...
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- ^ Dinesh, K. P.; Radhakrishnan, C.; Channakeshavamurthy, B. H.; Deepak, P. & Kulkarni, N. U. (2020). A Checklist of Amphibians of India with IUCN Conservation Statuses (Report) (3rd ed.). Zoological Survey of India. p. 8.