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| image = Nycti minimus.jpg<br />
| status = DD <br />
| status_system = IUCN3.1<br />
| status_ref = <ref name="iucn">{{cite iucn |authors= Biju, S.D.|title= ''Nyctibatrachus minimus'' |year= 2008|page= e.T136045A4240792 |access-date= 15 April 2020}}</ref><br />
| taxon = Nyctibatrachus minimus<br />
| authority = [[Sathyabhama Das Biju|Biju]], Van Bocxlaer, Giri, Roelants, Nagaraju & {{Interlanguage link multi|Franky Bossuyt|fr|3=Bossuyt}}, 2007<br />
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'''''Nyctibatrachus minimus''''' is a species of [[frog]]s in the family [[Nyctibatrachidae]]. It is the smallest known frog in the genus ''[[Nyctibatrachus]]'' and was recently discovered from [[Kurichiyarmala]] in the [[Western Ghats]] or [[Wayanad]], [[Kerala]].<br />
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Its most distinctive feature is the small adult snout-vent length, averaging only 12.3&nbsp;mm in adult males (N = 15).<br />
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Miniaturization in ''Nyctibatrachus'' species seems to be associated with absence of webbing on toes and fingers, which may have resulted from evolutionary specialization to life in terrestrial habitats.<ref>Biju, S. D., Ines Van Bocxlaer, Varad B. Giri, Kim Roelants, J. Nagaraju and Franky Bossuyt (2007) A new nightfrog, ''Nyctibatrachus minimus'' sp. nov. (Anura: Nyctibatrachidae): The smallest frog from India. Current Science Vol. 93, No. 6: 854-858 [http://www.ias.ac.in/currsci/sep252007/854.pdf PDF]</ref><br />
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[[Category:Nyctibatrachus]]<br />
[[Category:Endemic fauna of the Western Ghats]]<br />
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[[Category:Amphibians described in 2007]]<br />
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