Kingdom Animalia Order Anura Genus Nyctibatrachus Higher classification Nyctibatrachus | Phylum Chordata Family Nyctibatrachidae Scientific name Nyctibatrachus sylvaticus Rank Species | |
Similar Nyctibatrachus, Frog, Amphibians, Dattatreya night frog, Giant wrinkled frog | ||
The forest night frog, Nyctibatrachus sylvaticus, is a species of frog in the Nyctibatrachidae family endemic to India. Its natural habitats are tropical moist lowland forests and rivers.
Taxonomy
This species was discovered by C. R. Narayan Rao in 1937, and was thought to have been extinct after remaining unsighted for 74 years. Its rediscovery in 2011 coincided with the discovery of Nyctibatrachus poocha and others of the genus Nyctibatrachus by herpetologist Sathyabhama Das Biju.
References
Forest night frog Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA