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	\|status = NE		\| status = CR
	\|status_system = IUCN3.1		\| status_system = IUCN3.1
	\|status_ref = <ref name=IUCN>{{~~cite web~~ \|~~url~~=~~http://col.iucnredlist.org/consult_catalogue_of_life/Nasikabatrachus%20bhupathi~~ \|title=Nasikabatrachus bhupathi \|~~year=2017 \|website~~=IUCN Red List of Threatened Species \|~~access-date~~=~~29 September 2017~~ \|~~quote=This taxon has not yet been assessed for the IUCN Red List, and also is not in the Catalogue of Life. \|archive~~-~~url~~=~~https://web.archive~~.~~org/web/20170929231728/http://col.iucnredlist.org/consult_catalogue_of_life/Nasikabatrachus%20bhupathi~~ \|~~archive-~~date=~~29 September 2017 \|url-status=live~~ }}</ref>		\| status_ref = <ref name=IUCN>{{Cite iucn\| author = IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group \| title = ''Nasikabatrachus bhupathi'' \| journal = [[The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species]] \| volume = 2022 \| article-number = e.T125190480A125190896\| date = 2022}}</ref>
	\|genus = Nasikabatrachus		\| genus = Nasikabatrachus
	\|species = bhupathi		\| species = bhupathi
	\|authority = Janani, Vasudevan, Prendini, Dutta, and Aggarwal, 2017<ref name=Janani>{{cite journal \|last1=Janani \|first1=S. Jegath \|last2=Vasudevan \|first2=Karthikeyan \|last3=Prendini \|first3=Elizabeth \|last4=Dutta \|first4=Sushil Kumar \|last5=Aggarwal \|first5=Ramesh K. \|date=13 August 2017 \|title=A new species of the genus ''Nasikabatrachus'' (Anura, Nasikabatrachidae) from the eastern slopes of the Western Ghats, India \|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/319203867 \|access-date=30 August 2017 \|format=PDF \|journal=Alytes \|publication-date=13 August 2017 \|volume=34 \|issue=1–4 \|pages=1–19 }}</ref>		\| authority = Janani, Vasudevan, Prendini, Dutta, and Aggarwal, 2017<ref name=Janani>{{cite journal \|last1=Janani \|first1=S. Jegath \|last2=Vasudevan \|first2=Karthikeyan \|last3=Prendini \|first3=Elizabeth \|last4=Dutta \|first4=Sushil Kumar \|last5=Aggarwal \|first5=Ramesh K. \|date=13 August 2017 \|title=A new species of the genus ''Nasikabatrachus'' (Anura, Nasikabatrachidae) from the eastern slopes of the Western Ghats, India \|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/319203867 \|access-date=30 August 2017 \|format=PDF \|journal=Alytes \|publication-date=13 August 2017 \|volume=34 \|issue=1–4 \|pages=1–19 }}</ref>
	\| range_map = Nasikabatrachus bhupathi map.svg		\| range_map = Nasikabatrachus bhupathi map.svg
	\| range_map_caption = Approximate distribution		\| range_map_caption = Approximate distribution
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	'''''Nasikabatrachus bhupathi''''', or '''Bhupathy's purple frog''',<ref name=NatGeo>{{cite web \|url=http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/08/purple-frog-new-species-discovery-india-monsoon/ \|title=New Purple Pig-Nose Frog Found in Remote Mountains \|last=Bittel \|first=Jason \|work=National Geographic \|series=Weird & Wild \|location=Washington, DC \|date=2017-08-24 \|access-date=1 September 2017 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170901111358/http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/08/purple-frog-new-species-discovery-india-monsoon/ \|archive-date=1 September 2017 ~~\|url-status=live~~ }}</ref> is a [[frog]] species belonging to the family [[Nasikabatrachidae]]. It can be found in the [[Western Ghats]] in [[India]] and was discovered near the [[Grizzled Squirrel Wildlife Sanctuary\|Srivilliputhur Grizzled Giant Squirrel Wildlife Sanctuary]].<ref name=Janani /><ref name=Frost/> The [[Specific name (zoology)\|specific epithet]] honors [[Subramanian Bhupathy]] (1963–2014) ~~who had a fatal fall while conducting~~ [[~~herpetology~~]] ~~field work near~~ [[~~Agastya Mala~~]] ~~hills on 28 April 2014~~.<ref name=~~Janani~~ />		'''''Nasikabatrachus bhupathi''''', or '''Bhupathy's purple frog''',<ref name=NatGeo>{{cite web \|url=http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/08/purple-frog-new-species-discovery-india-monsoon/ \|title=New Purple Pig-Nose Frog Found in Remote Mountains \|last=Bittel \|first=Jason \|work=National Geographic \|series=Weird & Wild \|location=Washington, DC \|date=2017-08-24 \|access-date=1 September 2017 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170901111358/http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/08/purple-frog-new-species-discovery-india-monsoon/ \|archive-date=1 September 2017 }}</ref> is a [[frog]] species belonging to the family [[Nasikabatrachidae]]. It can be found in the [[Western Ghats]] in [[India]] and was discovered near the [[Grizzled Squirrel Wildlife Sanctuary\|Srivilliputhur Grizzled Giant Squirrel Wildlife Sanctuary]].<ref name=Janani /><ref name=Frost/> The [[Specific name (zoology)\|specific epithet]] honors the late Indian herpetologist [[Subramanian Bhupathy]] (1963–2014).<ref name=Janani />

			==Taxonomy==
			''Nasikabatrachus bhupathi'' and ''Nasikabatrachus sahyadrensis'' have been found to be related to other frogs that live in the [[Seychelles]], which are closer to [[Africa]] than to India. This is consistent with the idea that Africa and India were once part of the same ancient supercontinent, called Gondwana,<!--The Hindu--> which eventually became part of the later supercontinent, [[Pangaea]].<ref name="Hindu">{{Cite news \|last=Perinchery \|first=Aathira \|date=23 August 2017 \|title='N. bhupathi', a frog with the face of a pig \|newspaper=The Hindu \|url=https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/energy-and-environment/introducing-n-bhupathi-a-frog-with-the-face-of-a-pig/article19541223.ece \|url-status=live \|access-date=18 January 2020 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191210213650/https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/energy-and-environment/introducing-n-bhupathi-a-frog-with-the-face-of-a-pig/article19541223.ece \|archive-date=10 December 2019}}</ref>

	==Description==		==Description==
	The species has purple skin and blue eyes and lives underground. It differs genetically, morphologically, and acoustically from the closely related ''[[Nasikabatrachus sahyadrensis]]''.<ref name=Janani /> [[Speciation]] between the two species is likely caused by the different [[monsoon]] seasons on the different sides of the Western Ghats, causing ''N. sahyadrensis'' to breed between May and August and ''N. bhupathi'' to breed between October and December.<ref name=Janani />		The species has purple skin and blue eyes and lives underground. It differs genetically, morphologically, and acoustically from the closely related ''[[Nasikabatrachus sahyadrensis]]''.<ref name=Janani /> [[Speciation]] between the two species is likely caused by the different [[monsoon]] seasons on the different sides of the Western Ghats, causing ''N. sahyadrensis'' to breed between May and August and ''N. bhupathi'' to breed between October and December.<ref name=Janani />

	==~~Geophysical implications~~==		== Status ==
	~~''Nasikabatrachus bhupathi'' and ''Nasikabatrachus sahyadrensis'' have been found to be related to other frogs that live in the~~ [[~~Seychelles~~]]~~, which are closer to~~ [[~~Africa~~]] ~~than~~ to ~~India. This~~ is ~~consistent with the idea that Africa and India were once part of the same ancient supercontinent~~, ~~called Gondwanaland~~,~~<!--The Hindu--> which eventually became part of the later supercontinent, {{w\|Pangaea}}~~.<ref name=~~Hindu>{{Cite news~~		This species is considered [[Critically Endangered]] on the [[IUCN Red List]] due to its very small range, which is mostly threatened by water extraction, pollution, and disturbance from tourism.<ref name=IUCN />
	~~\|title = 'N. bhupathi', a frog with the face of a pig~~
	~~\|url = https:~~/~~/www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/energy-and-environment/introducing-n-bhupathi-a-frog-with-the-face-of-a-pig/article19541223.ece~~
	~~\|first = Aathira~~
	~~\|last = Perinchery~~
	~~\|newspaper = The Hindu~~
	~~\|date = 23 August 2017~~
	~~\|accessdate = 18 January 2020~~
	~~\|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20191210213650/https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/energy-and-environment/introducing-n-bhupathi-a-frog-with-the-face-of-a-pig/article19541223.ece~~
	~~\|archive-date = 10 December 2019~~
	~~\|url-status = live~~
	~~}}</ref~~>

	==References==		==References==
	{{Reflist\|30em\|refs=		{{Reflist\|30em\|refs=
	<ref name=Frost>{{cite web \|url=https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/Amphibia/Anura/Nasikabatrachidae/Nasikabatrachus/Nasikabatrachus-bhupathi \|title=''Nasikabatrachus bhupathi'' Janani, Vasudevan, Prendini, Dutta, and Aggarwal, 2017 \|author=Frost, Darrel R. \|year=2021 \|work=Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.1 \|publisher=American Museum of Natural History \|doi=10.5531/db.vz.0001 \|access-date=6 August 2021}}</ref>		<ref name=Frost>{{cite web \|url=https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/Amphibia/Anura/Nasikabatrachidae/Nasikabatrachus/Nasikabatrachus-bhupathi \|title=''Nasikabatrachus bhupathi'' Janani, Vasudevan, Prendini, Dutta, and Aggarwal, 2017 \|author=Frost, Darrel R. \|year=2021 \|work=Amphibian Species of the World: An Online Reference. Version 6.1 \|publisher=American Museum of Natural History \|doi=10.5531/db.vz.0001 \|access-date=6 August 2021}}</ref>
	}}		}}

	==External links==		==External links==
	*[http://www.cite-sciences.fr/francais/ala_cite/science_actualites/sitesactu/question_actu.php?langue=an&id_article=2463#sondage Continental drift and the Sooglossidae]		*[http://www.cite-sciences.fr/francais/ala_cite/science_actualites/sitesactu/question_actu.php?langue=an&id_article=2463#sondage Continental drift and the Sooglossidae] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110524102520/http://www.cite-sciences.fr/francais/ala_cite/science_actualites/sitesactu/question_actu.php?langue=an&id_article=2463#sondage \|date=24 May 2011 }}
	*[http://zoobank.org/References/56A35631-4676-4899-8EB4-7C2BBFB24223 ''Nasikabatrachus bhupathi'' on ZooBank]		*[http://zoobank.org/References/56A35631-4676-4899-8EB4-7C2BBFB24223 ''Nasikabatrachus bhupathi'' on ZooBank]

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			[[Category:Endemic amphibians of India]]
	[[Category:Amphibians described in 2017]]		[[Category:Amphibians described in 2017]]
	[[Category:Taxa named by Ramesh K. Aggarwal]]		[[Category:Taxa named by Ramesh K. Aggarwal]]
	[[Category:Taxa named by Karthikeyan Vasudevan]]		[[Category:Taxa named by Karthikeyan Vasudevan]]

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	'''''Nasikabatrachus bhupathi''''', or '''Bhupathy's purple frog''',<ref name=NatGeo>{{cite web \|url=http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/08/purple-frog-new-species-discovery-india-monsoon/ \|title=New Purple Pig-Nose Frog Found in Remote Mountains \|last=Bittel \|first=Jason \|work=National Geographic \|series=Weird & Wild \|location=Washington, DC \|date=2017-08-24 \|access-date=1 September 2017 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170901111358/http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/08/purple-frog-new-species-discovery-india-monsoon/ \|archive-date=1 September 2017 \|url-status=live }}</ref> is a [[frog]] species belonging to the family [[Nasikabatrachidae]]. It can be found in the [[Western Ghats]] in [[India]] and was discovered near the [[Grizzled Squirrel Wildlife Sanctuary\|Srivilliputhur Grizzled Giant Squirrel Wildlife Sanctuary]].<ref name=Janani /><ref name=Frost/> The [[Specific name (zoology)\|specific epithet]] honors Subramanian Bhupathy (1963–2014) who had a fatal fall while conducting [[herpetology]] field work near [[Agastya Mala]] hills on 28 April 2014.<ref name=Janani />		'''''Nasikabatrachus bhupathi''''', or '''Bhupathy's purple frog''',<ref name=NatGeo>{{cite web \|url=http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/08/purple-frog-new-species-discovery-india-monsoon/ \|title=New Purple Pig-Nose Frog Found in Remote Mountains \|last=Bittel \|first=Jason \|work=National Geographic \|series=Weird & Wild \|location=Washington, DC \|date=2017-08-24 \|access-date=1 September 2017 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170901111358/http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/08/purple-frog-new-species-discovery-india-monsoon/ \|archive-date=1 September 2017 \|url-status=live }}</ref> is a [[frog]] species belonging to the family [[Nasikabatrachidae]]. It can be found in the [[Western Ghats]] in [[India]] and was discovered near the [[Grizzled Squirrel Wildlife Sanctuary\|Srivilliputhur Grizzled Giant Squirrel Wildlife Sanctuary]].<ref name=Janani /><ref name=Frost/> The [[Specific name (zoology)\|specific epithet]] honors [[Subramanian Bhupathy]] (1963–2014) who had a fatal fall while conducting [[herpetology]] field work near [[Agastya Mala]] hills on 28 April 2014.<ref name=Janani />

	==Description==		==Description==

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|status = NE
|status_system = IUCN3.1
|status_ref = <ref name=IUCN>{{cite web |url=http://col.iucnredlist.org/consult_catalogue_of_life/Nasikabatrachus%20bhupathi |title=Nasikabatrachus bhupathi |year=2017 |website=IUCN Red List of Threatened Species |access-date=29 September 2017 |quote=This taxon has not yet been assessed for the IUCN Red List, and also is not in the Catalogue of Life. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170929231728/http://col.iucnredlist.org/consult_catalogue_of_life/Nasikabatrachus%20bhupathi |archive-date=29 September 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|genus = Nasikabatrachus
|species = bhupathi
|authority = Janani, Vasudevan, Prendini, Dutta, and Aggarwal, 2017<ref name=Janani>{{cite journal |last1=Janani |first1=S. Jegath |last2=Vasudevan |first2=Karthikeyan |last3=Prendini |first3=Elizabeth |last4=Dutta |first4=Sushil Kumar |last5=Aggarwal |first5=Ramesh K. |date=13 August 2017 |title=A new species of the genus ''Nasikabatrachus'' (Anura, Nasikabatrachidae) from the eastern slopes of the Western Ghats, India |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/319203867 |access-date=30 August 2017 |format=PDF |journal=Alytes |publication-date=13 August 2017 |volume=34 |issue=1–4 |pages=1–19 }}</ref>
| range_map = Nasikabatrachus bhupathi map.svg
| range_map_caption = Approximate distribution
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'''''Nasikabatrachus bhupathi''''', or '''Bhupathy's purple frog''',<ref name=NatGeo>{{cite web |url=http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/08/purple-frog-new-species-discovery-india-monsoon/ |title=New Purple Pig-Nose Frog Found in Remote Mountains |last=Bittel |first=Jason |work=National Geographic |series=Weird & Wild |location=Washington, DC |date=2017-08-24 |access-date=1 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170901111358/http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/08/purple-frog-new-species-discovery-india-monsoon/ |archive-date=1 September 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref> is a [[frog]] species belonging to the family [[Nasikabatrachidae]]. It can be found in the [[Western Ghats]] in [[India]] and was discovered near the [[Grizzled Squirrel Wildlife Sanctuary|Srivilliputhur Grizzled Giant Squirrel Wildlife Sanctuary]].<ref name=Janani /><ref name=Frost/> The [[Specific name (zoology)|specific epithet]] honors Subramanian Bhupathy (1963–2014) who had a fatal fall while conducting [[herpetology]] field work near [[Agastya Mala]] hills on 28 April 2014.<ref name=Janani />

==Description==
The species has purple skin and blue eyes and lives underground. It differs genetically, morphologically, and acoustically from the closely related ''[[Nasikabatrachus sahyadrensis]]''.<ref name=Janani /> [[Speciation]] between the two species is likely caused by the different [[monsoon]] seasons on the different sides of the Western Ghats, causing ''N. sahyadrensis'' to breed between May and August and ''N. bhupathi'' to breed between October and December.<ref name=Janani />

==Geophysical implications==
''Nasikabatrachus bhupathi'' and ''Nasikabatrachus sahyadrensis'' have been found to be related to other frogs that live in the [[Seychelles]], which are closer to [[Africa]] than to India. This is consistent with the idea that Africa and India were once part of the same ancient supercontinent, called Gondwanaland, which eventually became part of the later supercontinent, {{w|Pangaea}}.<ref name=Hindu>{{Cite news
|title = 'N. bhupathi', a frog with the face of a pig
|url = https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/energy-and-environment/introducing-n-bhupathi-a-frog-with-the-face-of-a-pig/article19541223.ece
|first = Aathira
|last = Perinchery
|newspaper = The Hindu
|date = 23 August 2017
|accessdate = 18 January 2020
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20191210213650/https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/energy-and-environment/introducing-n-bhupathi-a-frog-with-the-face-of-a-pig/article19541223.ece
|archive-date = 10 December 2019
|url-status = live
}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist|30em|refs=
<ref name=Frost>{{cite web |url=https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/Amphibia/Anura/Nasikabatrachidae/Nasikabatrachus/Nasikabatrachus-bhupathi |title=''Nasikabatrachus bhupathi'' Janani, Vasudevan, Prendini, Dutta, and Aggarwal, 2017 |author=Frost, Darrel R. |year=2021 |work=Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.1 |publisher=American Museum of Natural History |doi=10.5531/db.vz.0001 |access-date=6 August 2021}}</ref>
}}

==External links==
*[http://www.cite-sciences.fr/francais/ala_cite/science_actualites/sitesactu/question_actu.php?langue=an&id_article=2463#sondage Continental drift and the Sooglossidae]
*[http://zoobank.org/References/56A35631-4676-4899-8EB4-7C2BBFB24223 ''Nasikabatrachus bhupathi'' on ZooBank]

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[[Category:Nasikabatrachidae]]
[[Category:Frogs of India]]
[[Category:Endemic fauna of the Western Ghats]]
[[Category:Amphibians described in 2017]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Ramesh K. Aggarwal]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Karthikeyan Vasudevan]]