Coorg night frog

Coorg night frog
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Nyctibatrachidae
Genus: Nyctibatrachus
Species:
N. sanctipalustris
Binomial name
Nyctibatrachus sanctipalustris
Rao, 1920

Nyctibatrachus sanctipalustris (Coorg night frog or sacred swamp wrinkled frog) is a species of frog in the family Nyctibatrachidae from India. The specific name, sanctipalustris, "holy swamp" in Latin, refers to the type locality, "the sacred swamps of the Cauvery (river)...Coorg, India".[2]

  1. ^ S.D. Biju, Sushil Dutta, Robert Inger (2004). "Nyctibatrachus sanctipalustris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004: e.T58403A11773851. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T58403A11773851.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ Frost, Darrel R. (2013). "Nyctibatrachus sanctipalustris Rao, 1920". Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 24 November 2013.