Nyctibates

{{Short description|Genus of amphibians}}

{{Speciesbox

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group |date=2013 |title=Nyctibates corrugatus |volume=2013 |page=e.T54441A18360769 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-2.RLTS.T54441A18360769.en |access-date=16 November 2021}}

| taxon = Nyctibates corrugatus

| authority = Boulenger, 1904

| parent_authority = Boulenger, 1904

}}

Nyctibates is a monotypic genus of frog in the family Arthroleptidae; its sole species is

Nyctibates corrugatus.{{cite web |url=http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/Amphibia/Anura/Arthroleptidae/Astylosterninae/Nyctibates/Nyctibates-corrugatus |title=Nyctibates corrugatus Boulenger, 1904 |author=Frost, Darrel R. |year=2014 |work=Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0 |publisher=American Museum of Natural History |accessdate=4 July 2014}}{{cite web |url=http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/Amphibia/Anura/Arthroleptidae/Astylosterninae/Nyctibates |title=Nyctibates Boulenger, 1904 |author=Frost, Darrel R. |year=2014 |work=Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0 |publisher=American Museum of Natural History |accessdate=4 July 2014}} Found in Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, and Nigeria, its natural habitats are lowland forests in hilly areas, typically forests that have humid, but not marshy, floors; it requires tall forests with closed canopy. Breeding takes place in fast, rocky streams with clean water. There are no significant threats to this species.

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