| Nasikabatrachus bhupathi | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Nasikabatrachidae |
| Genus: | Nasikabatrachus |
| Species: | N. bhupathi
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| Nasikabatrachus bhupathi Janani, Vasudevan, Prendini, Dutta, and Aggarwal, 2017[2]
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Nasikabatrachus bhupathi, or Bhupathy's purple frog,[3] is a frog species belonging to the family Nasikabatrachidae. It can be found in the Western Ghats in India and was discovered near the Srivilliputhur Grizzled Giant Squirrel Wildlife Sanctuary.[2][4] The specific epithet honors the late Indian herpetologist Subramanian Bhupathy (1963–2014).[2]
- ^ IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2022). "Nasikabatrachus bhupathi". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T125190480A125190896.
- ^ a b c Janani, S. Jegath; Vasudevan, Karthikeyan; Prendini, Elizabeth; Dutta, Sushil Kumar; Aggarwal, Ramesh K. (13 August 2017). "A new species of the genus Nasikabatrachus (Anura, Nasikabatrachidae) from the eastern slopes of the Western Ghats, India" (PDF). Alytes. 34 (1–4): 1–19. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
- ^ Bittel, Jason (24 August 2017). "New Purple Pig-Nose Frog Found in Remote Mountains". National Geographic. Weird & Wild. Washington, DC. Archived from the original on 1 September 2017. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
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