Euphlyctis

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Euphlyctis
Euphlyctis cyanophlyctis from Thiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu, India
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Dicroglossidae
Genus: Euphlyctis
Fitzinger, 1843
Species

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Euphlyctis is a genus of frogs in family Dicroglossidae distributed from the southwestern Arabian Peninsula, Pakistan and Afghanistan to India, Nepal, through Myanmar and Thailand to Malaya, and Sri Lanka.[1] None of the four species assessed by the IUCN is considered threatened.[2]

Species

There are eight species recognised in the genus Euphlyctis:[1][3]

  • Euphlyctis mudigere (Joshy, Alam, Kurabayashi, Sumida, and Kuramoto, 2009 was placed into the synonymy of Euphlyctis cyanophlyctis)

References

  1. ^ a b Frost, Darrel R. (2021). "Euphlyctis Fitzinger, 1843". Amphibian Species of the World: An Online Reference. Version 6.1. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
  2. ^ IUCN (2013). "IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>". Retrieved 16 November 2013.
  3. ^ "Dicroglossidae". AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. Berkeley, California: AmphibiaWeb. 2015. Retrieved 2 March 2015.