https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Spinular_night_frogSpinular night frog - Revision history2026-09-07T02:27:15ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.43.6https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?title=Spinular_night_frog&diff=266836&oldid=prev->ShortDescBot: ShortDescBot adding short description "Species of amphibian"2021-02-26T04:05:11Z<p><a href="/w/index.php?title=User:ShortDescBot&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="User:ShortDescBot (page does not exist)">ShortDescBot</a> adding <a href="https://en.bharatpedia.org/wiki/Bharatpedia:Short_description" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Short description">short description</a> "Species of amphibian"</p>
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| taxon = Nyctibatrachus acanthodermis<br />
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The '''spinular night frog''' (''Nyctibatrachus acanthodermis'') is a species of frogs in the family [[Nyctibatrachidae]] that is only known from its [[Type locality (biology)|type locality]] in the [[Palakkad District]] of [[Kerala]], [[India]].<ref name=frost>{{cite web |url=http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/?action=names&taxon=Nyctibatrachus+acanthodermis |title=''Nyctibatrachus acanthodermis'' Biju, Van Bocxlaer, Mahony, Dinesh, Radhakrishnan, Zachariah, Giri, and Bossuyt, 2011 |author=Frost, Darrel R. |year=2013 |work=Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference |publisher=American Museum of Natural History |accessdate=24 November 2013}}</ref> It is one of 12 species of frog in the genus ''[[Nyctibatrachus]]'' discovered in September 2011.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2011/09/new-and-rediscovered-frogs/?pid=2145&viewall=true |title=12 New and 3 Lost Night-Frog Species Discovered in India |last=Mann |first= Adam |work=wired.com |date= 16 September 2011 |accessdate=18 September 2011}}</ref> It is found exclusively in the [[Western Ghats]], [[India]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.deccanherald.com/content/191326/twelve-frog-species-detected-western.html |title=Twelve new frog species detected in Western Ghats |work=deccanherald.com |date= 16 September 2011 |accessdate=18 September 2011}}</ref><br />
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