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| name = ''Nyctibatrachus beddomii''<br />
| image = Nyctibatrachus beddomii.jpg<br />
| image_caption = Dorsal view<br />
| status = EN | status_system = IUCN3.1<br />
| status_ref = <ref name=IUCN>{{Cite iucn | author = Biju, S.D. | author2 = Dutta, S. | author3 = Ravichandran, M.S. | author4 = Inger, R. | name-list-style = amp | title = ''Nyctibatrachus beddomii'' | volume = 2004 | page = e.T58396A11767424 | date = 2004 | doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T58396A11767424.en }}</ref><br />
| taxon = Nyctibatrachus beddomii<br />
| authority = ([[George Albert Boulenger|Boulenger]], 1882)<br />
| synonyms = ''Nannobatrachus beddomii'' <small>[[George Albert Boulenger|Boulenger]], 1882</small><br />
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'''''Nyctibatrachus beddomii''''' (common names: '''Beddome's night frog''', '''pigmy wrinkled frog''', '''Beddome's dwarf wrinkled frog''', and '''Tirunvelveli's hill frog''') is a species of [[frog]] in the family [[Nyctibatrachidae]].<ref name=frost>{{cite web |url=http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/?action=names&taxon=Nyctibatrachus+beddomii |title=''Nyctibatrachus beddomii'' (Boulenger, 1882) |author=Frost, Darrel R. |year=2013 |work=Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference |publisher=American Museum of Natural History |accessdate=3 December 2013}}</ref> The epithet or specific name, ''beddomii'', honors Colonel [[Richard Henry Beddome]] (1830-1911), [[United Kingdom|British]] [[naturalist]] and military officer.<br />
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== Size ==<br />
Adult can length up from 13 – 18&nbsp;mm.<br />
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==Geographic range==<br />
It is [[Endemism|endemic]] to southern [[Western Ghats]] of [[India]].<ref name=IUCN/><ref name=frost/><br />
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==Habitat==<br />
''Nyctibatrachus beddomii'' are semi-terrestrial frogs found in the leaf-litter but also under rocks and logs in evergreen and semi-evergreen moist and deciduous forests.<ref name=IUCN/> The small sized frog is commonly seen in swampy areas and shallow waterlogged areas along forest streams. Call is a faint 'tink-tink' repeated several times, largely at night.{{citation needed|date=December 2013}}<br />
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==Conservation status==<br />
It is threatened by [[habitat loss]] caused by logging and clearing for agriculture.<ref name=IUCN/> It listed as [[Endangered species|Endangered]] species by [[IUCN Red List|IUCN]].<br />
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[[Category:Endemic fauna of the Western Ghats]]<br />
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