Ranixalidae

Ranixalidae
Walkerana phrynoderma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Clade: Ranoidea
Family: Ranixalidae
Dubois [fr], 1987
Genera

Ranixalidae is a group of frogs. People call them leaping frogs or Indian frogs in English. They live in central and southern India, for example in the Western Ghat mountains. These mountains are in the Indian states of Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu. Ranixalidae frogs also live in Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, and Kerala. Many of these frogs live in Goa and Maharashtra, and many live in Karnataka and Kerala, where there are other frogs in Indirana.

Scientists say the two groups of frogs in Ranixalidae, Indirana and Walkerana, became different from each other around 58.4 million years ago.

Genera

There are two genera with 18 species:

AmphibiaWeb says there are 15 species (because Indirana tenuilingua, a nomen inquirendum, is listed) and three (Walkerana muduga Dinesh et al., 2020 not (yet) listed).

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Frost, Darrel R. (2020). "Ranixalidae Dubois, 1987". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  2. 1 2 Vitt, Laurie J. & Caldwell, Janalee P. (2014). Herpetology: An Introductory Biology of Amphibians and Reptiles (4th ed.). Academic Press. p. 503. ISBN 978-0-12-386919-7.
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  4. ↑ Centre, UNESCO World Heritage. "Western Ghats". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Retrieved 2024-03-13.
  5. ↑ Padhye, A. D.; Modak, N.; Dahanukar, N. (2014-09-26). "Indirana chiravasi, a new species of Leaping Frog (Anura: Ranixalidae) from Western Ghats of India". Journal of Threatened Taxa. 6 (10): 6293–6312. doi:10.11609/JoTT.o4068.6293-312. ISSN 0974-7907.
  6. ↑ Modak, Nikhil; Dahanukar, Neelesh; Gosavi, Ninad; Padhye, Anand D. (2015-07-25). "Indirana salelkari, a new species of leaping frog (Anura: Ranixalidae) from Western Ghats of Goa, India". Journal of Threatened Taxa. 7 (9): 7493–7509. doi:10.11609/JoTT.o4262.7493-509. ISSN 0974-7907.
  7. ↑ Garg, Sonali; Biju, S. D. (2016-11-16). "Molecular and Morphological Study of Leaping Frogs (Anura, Ranixalidae) with Description of Two New Species". PLOS ONE. 11 (11) e0166326. Bibcode:2016PLoSO..1166326G. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0166326. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 5112961. PMID 27851823.
  8. ↑ Garg, Sonali; Biju, S. D. (2016-11-16). "Molecular and Morphological Study of Leaping Frogs (Anura, Ranixalidae) with Description of Two New Species". PLOS ONE. 11 (11) e0166326. Bibcode:2016PLoSO..1166326G. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0166326. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 5112961. PMID 27851823.
  9. ↑ "Indirana yadera Dahanukar, Modak, Krutha, Nameer, Padhye, & Molur, 2016". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved May 28, 2024.