:Nyctibatrachus

Members of the genus Nyctibatrachus are robust-bodied frogs that range in size from small (snout–vent length <13 mm in Nyctibatrachus robinmoorei){{cite journal|last1=Garg|first1=Sonali|last2=Suyesh|first2=Robin|last3=Sukesan|first3=Sandeep|last4=Biju|first4=SD|title=Seven new species of Night Frogs (Anura, Nyctibatrachidae) from the Western Ghats Biodiversity Hotspot of India, with remarkably high diversity of diminutive forms|journal=PeerJ|date=21 February 2017|volume=5|pages=e3007|doi=10.7717/peerj.3007|pmid=28243532|language=en|issn=2167-8359|pmc=5322763 |doi-access=free }} to relatively large (up to 84 mm Nyctibatrachus karnatakaensis). The especially small species are among the smallest of all Indian frogs. They have a concealed tympanum, dorsum with longitudinal skin folds, femoral glands, and expanded finger and toes disks. They occur near streams in hilly evergreen forests{{cite book|title=Herpetology: An Introductory Biology of Amphibians and Reptiles |edition=4th |first1=Laurie J.|last1= Vitt|first2=Janalee P. |last2=Caldwell|publisher=Academic Press|year=2014|pages=509–510}} and are nocturnal.{{cite journal | author = Biju, S.D., Van Bocxlaer, I., Mahony, S., Dinesh, K.P., Radhakrishnan, C., Zachariah, A., Giri, V., and Bossuyt, F. | year = 2011 | title =A taxonomic review of the Night Frog genus Nyctibatrachus Boulenger, 1882 in the Western Ghats, India (Anura: Nyctibatrachidae) with description of twelve new species | journal = Zootaxa| volume =3029 | pages = 1–96| doi = 10.11646/zootaxa.3029.1.1|url= http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2011/f/z03029p096f.pdf}} Most species have amplexus but Nyctibatrachus humayuni does not; in this species the male moves over the eggs after the female has deposited them.

The following species are recognised in the genus Nyctibatrachus:

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• Nyctibatrachus acanthodermis Biju et al., 2011 – spinular night frog
• Nyctibatrachus aliciae Inger, Shaffer, Koshy, and Bakde, 1984
• Nyctibatrachus anamallaiensis (Myers, 1942)
• Nyctibatrachus athirappillyensis Garg et al., 2017
• Nyctibatrachus beddomii (Boulenger, 1882)
• Nyctibatrachus danieli Biju et al., 2011
• Nyctibatrachus dattatreyaensis Dinesh, Radhakrishnan, and Bhatta, 2008
• Nyctibatrachus deccanensis Dubois, 1984
• Nyctibatrachus gavi Biju et al., 2011
• Nyctibatrachus grandis Biju et al., 2011
• Nyctibatrachus humayuni Bhaduri and Kripalani, 1955 – Bombay night frog
• Nyctibatrachus indraneili Biju et al., 2011
• Nyctibatrachus jog Biju et al., 2011 – Jog night frog
• Nyctibatrachus karnatakaensis Dinesh, Radhakrishnan, Manjunatha Reddy, and Gururaja, 2007{{cite journal | author = Dinesh, K.P., C. Radhakrishnan, A.H. Manjunatha Reddy and K.V. Gururaja | year = 2007 | title = Nyctibatrachus karnatakaensis nom. nov., a replacement name for the Giant Wrinkled Frog from the Western Ghats | url = http://www.ias.ac.in/currsci/jul252007/246.pdf | journal = Current Science | volume = 93 | issue = 2| pages = 246–250 }}
• Nyctibatrachus kempholeyensis (Rao, 1937)
• Nyctibatrachus kumbara Gururaja, Dinesh, Priti, and Ravikanth, 2014
• Nyctibatrachus major Boulenger, 1882 – Malabar night frog
• Nyctibatrachus manalari Garg, 2017
• Nyctibatrachus mewasinghi Krutha, Dahanukar, and Molur, 2017
• Nyctibatrachus minimus Biju, Van Bocxlaer, Giri, Roelants, Nagaraju, and Bossuyt, 2007
• Nyctibatrachus minor Inger, Shaffer, Koshy, and Bakde, 1984
• Nyctibatrachus petraeus Das and Kunte, 2005
• Nyctibatrachus pillaii Biju et al., 2011
• Nyctibatrachus poocha Biju et al., 2011
• Nyctibatrachus pulivijayani Garg, 2017
• Nyctibatrachus radcliffei Garg, 2017
• Nyctibatrachus robinmoorei Garg, 2017
• Nyctibatrachus sabarimalai Garg, 2017
• Nyctibatrachus sanctipalustris Rao, 1920
• Nyctibatrachus shiradi Biju et al., 2011
• Nyctibatrachus sylvaticus Rao, 1937 – forest night frog
• Nyctibatrachus tunga Kumar, Vishwajith, Anish, Dayananda, Gururaja & Priti, 2022{{Cite journal |last1=Kumar |first1=K.S. Pavan |last2=Vishwajith |first2=H.U. |last3=Anisha |first3=Anand |last4=Dayananda |first4=G.Y. |last5=Gururaja |first5=Kotambylu Vasudeva |last6=Priti |first6=Hebbar |date=2022-11-15 |title=A new cryptic species of Nyctibatrachus (Amphibia, Anura, Nyctibatrachidae) with description of its tadpole from the central Western Ghats, India |url=https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5209.1.4 |journal=Zootaxa |volume=5209 |issue=1 |pages=69–92 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.5209.1.4 |pmid=37045404 |s2cid=253537588 |issn=1175-5334}}
• Nyctibatrachus vasanthi Ravichandran, 1997
• Nyctibatrachus vrijeuni Biju et al., 2011 – VUB night frog
• Nyctibatrachus webilla Garg, 2017

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Category:Nyctibatrachidae

Category:Amphibians of India

Category:Endemic fauna of the Western Ghats

Category:Amphibian genera

Category:Taxa named by George Albert Boulenger