Ingerana

Ingerana
Ingerana borealis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Dicroglossidae
Subfamily: Occidozyginae
Genus: Ingerana
Dubois, 1987
Type species
Rana tenasserimensis
Sclater, 1892
Species

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Ingerana, sometimes known as eastern frogs, is a genus of frogs that belongs to the family Dicroglossidae. Species of the genus are distributed in southeastern Asia, from Nepal, northeastern India, and southwestern China to Indochina, Borneo, and the Philippines.

Etymology

The genus Ingerana is named in honor of American herpetologist Robert F. Inger.

Species

With the placement of Ingerana baluensis being enigmatic, several species having been transferred to Limnonectes in 2013 (Ingerana alpina, Ingerana liui, Ingerana medogensis, Ingerana xizangensis), and one species being transferred to Minervarya in 2022 (Ingerana charlesdarwini), this genus is left the following species:

References

  1. 1 2 3 Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Ingerana Dubois, 1987". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 25 January 2014.
  2. ↑ "Ingerana Dubois, 1987". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
  3. ↑ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2013). The Eponym Dictionary of Amphibians. Exeter, England: Pelagic Publishing. xiii + 244 pp. ISBN 978-1-907807-41-1. (Ingerana, p. 101).
  4. ↑ Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Ceratobatrachidae Boulenger, 1884". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 25 January 2014.
  5. ↑ Naveen, R. S. (2026). "A river in between: A new species of Ingerana Dubois, (Anura: Dicroglossidae) from the Garo and Khasi Hills, with a redescription of Ingerana borealis (Annandale) from the Abor Hills, India". Journal of Natural History. 60 (17–20): 1105–1125. Bibcode:2026JNatH..60.1105N. doi:10.1080/00222933.2026.2656411.