forest night frog
{{Short description|Species of amphibian}}
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| status = DD
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| taxon = Nyctibatrachus sylvaticus
| authority = Rao, 1937
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The forest night frog (Nyctibatrachus sylvaticus) is a species of frog in the family Nyctibatrachidae 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 gone 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.{{cite web|author=The Associated Press|author-link=The Associated Press|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=140556098 |title=Scientists Discover 12 New Frog Species In India |publisher=NPR |date=2011-09-17 |accessdate=2011-09-18}}{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/environment/flora-fauna/12-night-frog-varieties-found-in-the-Western-Ghats/articleshow/10014512.cms |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120927050831/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-09-17/flora-fauna/30168721_1_frog-species-s-d-biju-new-amphibian-species |url-status=live |archive-date=2012-09-27 |title=12 night frog varieties found in the Western Ghats |date=2011-09-17 |work=The Times of India |access-date=2011-09-18}}
References
- {{Cite iucn | author = Biju, S.D. | author2 = Dutta, S. | author3 = Inger, R. | title = Nyctibatrachus sylvaticus | volume = 2004 | page = e.T58404A11774064 | date = 2004 | doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T58404A11774064.en | access-date = 21 December 2017}}
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Category:Endemic fauna of the Western Ghats
Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
Category:Amphibians described in 1937
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