https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Nyctibatrachus_indraneiliNyctibatrachus indraneili - Revision history2026-11-07T02:39:00ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.43.6https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nyctibatrachus_indraneili&diff=522646&oldid=prevVilianapcm: Created entry!2025-12-18T04:11:59Z<p>Created entry!</p>
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| status = CR<br />
| status_system = IUCN3.1<br />
| status_ref = <ref>{{cite iucn |author=UCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group. 2023. |date=2023 |title=''Nyctibatrachus indraneili. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2023''|doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T48874250A54149411.en|access-date=26 June 2025}}</ref><br />
| genus = Nyctibatrachus<br />
| species = indraneili<br />
| authority = Biju, Van Bocxlaer, Mahony, Dinesh, Radhakrishnan, Zachariah, Giri, and Bossuyt, 2011<br />
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'''''Nyctibatrachus indraneili''''' is a species of frog endemic to India. It is also commonly called '''Indraneil's night frog.<ref name=":0">{{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>''' <ref>{{Cite web |title=Nyctibatrachus indraneili Biju, Van Bocxlaer, Mahony, Dinesh, Radhakrishnan, Zachariah, Giri & Bossuyt, 2011 |url=https://www.gbif.org/species/10780219 |access-date=2025-06-26 |website=www.gbif.org |language=en}}</ref> <br />
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== Distribution and habitat ==<br />
At the time of describing this species in 2011, it was known only from the Longwood shola forest at [[Kotagiri]] in [[Tamil Nadu]]. It was found under the rocks of a flowing stream inside a forest.<ref name=":0" /> An [[International Union for Conservation of Nature|IUCN]] assessment published in 2023 assessed the species as [[Critically endangered|Critically Endangered]].[https://www.gbif.org/species/10780219] <br />
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== Etymology ==<br />
This species was named after [[Indraneil Das]], a herpetologist from India for his contributions to herpetological research in South Asia.<ref name=":0" /> <br />
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[[Category:Frogs of India]]<br />
[[Category:Endemic amphibians of India]]<br />
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