Nyctibatrachus karnatakaensis Dinesh, Radhakrishnan, Manjunatha Reddy & Gururaja, 2007
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Nyctibatrachus karnatakaensis
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Open encyclopedia reference
The giant wrinkled frog (Nyctibatrachus karnatakaensis, arguably a junior synonym of N. hussaini) is a species of frogs in the family Nyctibatrachidae endemic to the Western Ghats of India in the Kudremukh region.
Its natural habitats are tropical moist lowland forests and rivers. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Wikipedia contributors, Giant wrinkled frog; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T17:22:35.598373+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Nyctibatrachus karnatakaensis Dinesh, Radhakrishnan, Manjunatha Reddy & Gururaja, 2007
- Name authority
- Dinesh, Radhakrishnan, Manjunatha Reddy & Gururaja, 2007
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Amphibia
- Order
- Anura
- Family
- Nyctibatrachidae
- Genus
- Nyctibatrachus
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classAmphibia
- orderAnura
- familyNyctibatrachidae Blommers-Schlösser, 1993
- subfamilyNyctibatrachinae Blommers-Schlösser, 1993
- genusNyctibatrachus Boulenger, 1882
- speciesNyctibatrachus karnatakaensis Dinesh, Radhakrishnan, Manjunatha Reddy & Gururaja, 2007
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Nyctibatrachus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Nyctibatrachus hussaini Krishnamurthy, Manjunatha Reddy & Gururaja, 2001 Krishnamurthy, Manjunatha Reddy & Gururaja, 2001 | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=774920 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:485G9. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.