Nyctibatrachus

Nyctibatrachus
	Unidentified Nyctibatrachus from Phanasad Wildlife Sanctuary, Maharashtra
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Family:	Nyctibatrachidae
Subfamily:	Nyctibatrachinae; Blommers-Schlösser, 1995
Genus:	Nyctibatrachus; Boulenger, 1882
Species
	Presently 28 to 35

Nyctibatrachus is a genus of frogs endemic to the Western Ghats of southwestern India. Their common name is night frogs.^[1]^[2] Their scientific name also means "night frog".

These frogs are quite common, and researchers think this has been overlooked because of their their small size.^[3] They are indeed extremely small, and can sit on a coin or a fingernail. However, they are not so small as Paedophryne, which is the smallest land vertebrate.

References

↑ Frost, Darrel R. (2015). "Nyctibatrachus Boulenger, 1882". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
↑ "Nyctibatrachidae". AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. Berkeley, California: AmphibiaWeb. 2014. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
↑ Briggs, Helen 2017. Meet the frog that can sit on a thumbnail. BBC News Science & Environment. [1]

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[frost-1] Frost, Darrel R. (2015). "Nyctibatrachus Boulenger, 1882". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 7 July 2015.

[AmphibiaWeb-2] "Nyctibatrachidae". AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. Berkeley, California: AmphibiaWeb. 2014. Retrieved 29 May 2014.

[3] Briggs, Helen 2017. Meet the frog that can sit on a thumbnail. BBC News Science & Environment. [1]

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