Ranixalidae
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Ranixalidae is a group of frogs. People call them leaping frogs[1][2] or Indian frogs in English.[3] They live in central and southern India, for example in the Western Ghat mountains.[1][2][3] These mountains are in the Indian states of Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu.[4] Ranixalidae frogs also live in Maharashtra,[5] Goa,[6] Karnataka, and Kerala.[7] Many of these frogs live in Goa and Maharashtra, and many live in Karnataka and Kerala, where there are other frogs in Indirana.[8]
Scientists say the two groups of frogs in Ranixalidae, Indirana and Walkerana, became different from each other around 58.4 million years ago.[9]
Genera
There are two genera[1][3] with 18 species:[1]
- Indirana Laurent, 1986 — 14 species
- Walkerana Dahanukar, Modak, Krutha, Nameer, Padhye, and Molur, 2016 — 4 species
AmphibiaWeb says there are 15 species (because Indirana tenuilingua, a nomen inquirendum, is listed) and three (Walkerana muduga Dinesh et al., 2020 not (yet) listed).[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Frost, Darrel R.. Ranixalidae Dubois, 1987. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0 (2020)American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Vitt, Laurie J.. Herpetology: An Introductory Biology of Amphibians and Reptiles (2014)Academic Press. p. 503.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Ranixalidae. AmphibiaWeb (2020)University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
- ↑ Centre, UNESCO World Heritage. Western Ghats (in en). UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Retrieved 2024-03-13.
- ↑ Padhye, A. D.. Indirana chiravasi, a new species of Leaping Frog (Anura: Ranixalidae) from Western Ghats of India (in en). Journal of Threatened Taxa 6 (10) (2014-09-26). p. 6293–6312. doi:10.11609/JoTT.o4068.6293-312.
- ↑ Modak, Nikhil. Indirana salelkari, a new species of leaping frog (Anura: Ranixalidae) from Western Ghats of Goa, India (in en). Journal of Threatened Taxa 7 (9) (2015-07-25). p. 7493–7509. doi:10.11609/JoTT.o4262.7493-509.
- ↑ Garg, Sonali. Molecular and Morphological Study of Leaping Frogs (Anura, Ranixalidae) with Description of Two New Species (in en). PLOS ONE 11 (11) (2016-11-16). p. e0166326. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0166326.
- ↑ Garg, Sonali. Molecular and Morphological Study of Leaping Frogs (Anura, Ranixalidae) with Description of Two New Species (in en). PLOS ONE 11 (11) (2016-11-16). p. e0166326. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0166326.
- ↑ 'Indirana yadera Dahanukar, Modak, Krutha, Nameer, Padhye, & Molur, 2016. AmphibiaWebUniversity of California, Berkeley. Retrieved May 28, 2024.