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| image = Nyctibatrachus grandis.jpg<br />
| genus = Nyctibatrachus<br />
| species = grandis<br />
| authority = Biju ''et al.'', 2011<br />
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'''''Nyctibatrachus grandis''''' is a [[species]] of [[frog]] in the genus ''[[Nyctibatrachus]]''. The species is also called as "Wayanad Night Frog" and "Wayanad Wrinkled Frog".<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Van Bocxlaer |first=Ines |last2=Biju |first2=S.D. |last3=Willaert |first3=Bert |last4=Giri |first4=Varad B. |last5=Shouche |first5=Yogesh S. |last6=Bossuyt |first6=Franky |date=2012 |title=Mountain-associated clade endemism in an ancient frog family (Nyctibatrachidae) on the Indian subcontinent |url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1055790311004982 |journal=Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution |language=en |publication-date=2011 |volume=62 |issue=3 |pages=839–847 |doi=10.1016/j.ympev.2011.11.027|url-access=subscription }}</ref> <br />
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== Etymology ==<br />
This species was named using the latin word 'grandis' as the adults are largest in size among the ''Nyctibatrachus'' species''.''<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Biju |first=S. D. |last2=Bocxlaer |first2=Ines Van |last3=Mahony |first3=Stephen |last4=Dinesh |first4=K. P. |last5=Radhakrishnan |first5=C. |last6=Zachariah |first6=Anil |last7=Giri |first7=Varad |last8=Bossuyt |first8=Franky |date=2011-09-15 |title=A taxonomic review of the Night Frog genus Nyctibatrachus Boulenger, 1882 in the Western Ghats, India (Anura: Nyctibatrachidae) with description of twelve new species |url=https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.3029.1.1 |journal=Zootaxa |volume=3029 |issue=1 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.3029.1.1 |issn=1175-5334|url-access=subscription }}</ref><br />
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[[Category:Amphibians described in 2011]]<br />
[[Category:Nyctibatrachus|grandis]]<br />
[[Category:Frogs of India]]<br />
[[Category:Endemic amphibians of India]]</div>Lucillecrale