Nyctibatrachus tunga

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

Familia: Nyctibatrachidae
Subfamilia: Nyctibatrachinae
Genus: Nyctibatrachus
Species: Nyctibatrachus tunga

Name

Nyctibatrachus tunga Pavan Kumar, Vishwajith, Anisha, Dayananda, Gururaja & Priti, 2022: 75

• Holotype: BNHS 6102, adult ♂, collected by H.U. Vishwajith on 20 December 2020.
• Type locality: “along a stream inside a coffee plantation at Siddaramata village, Koppa Taluk, Chikkamagaluru District, Karnataka State, India (13.61083°N, 75.39847°E, 721m amsl)”.

References

Primary references

• Pavan Kumar, K.S., Vishwajith, H.U., Anisha, A., Dayananda, G.Y., Gururaja, K.V. & Priti, H. 2022. A new cryptic species of Nyctibatrachus (Amphibia, Anura, Nyctibatrachidae) with description of its tadpole from the central Western Ghats, India. Zootaxa 5209(1): 69–92. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5209.1.4 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• English: Tunga River Night Frog