Nyctibatrachidae is a small
family of
frogs found in the
Western Ghats of India and in
Sri Lanka.[1] Their common name is robust frogs.[2] Recognition of Nyctibatrachidae as a family is fairly recent. These frogs were previously placed in the broadly defined family
Ranidae, which was more recently divided into three
subfamilies: Lankanectinae, Nyctibatrachinae, and Astrobatrachinae.[3][4]
Genera
The family contains three genera in their own subfamilies:[2][1][4]
Subfamily Astrobatrachinae
Astrobatrachus Vijayakumar et al., 2019 (Western Ghats of southwestern India – 1 species)
Subfamily Lankanectinae
Lankanectes Dubois and Ohler, 2001 (Sri Lanka – 2 species)
Subfamily Nyctibatrachinae
Nyctibatrachus Boulenger, 1882 (Western Ghats of southwestern India – 28 species)
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ab"Nyctibatrachidae". AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. Berkeley, California: AmphibiaWeb. 2015. Retrieved 29 November 2015.