Indirana
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| Indirana | |
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| Adult Indirana semipalmata | |
Scientific classification  |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Superfamily: | Ranoidea |
| Family: | Ranixalidae |
| Genus: | Indirana Laurent, 1986 |
| Type species | |
| Polypedates beddomii Günther, 1876
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| Diversity | |
| 12 species (see text) | |
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Indirana is a genus of frogs, the sole member of the Ranixalidae family.[1][2] These frogs are endemic to the Western Ghats of India. They are sometimes known under the common name Indian frogs,[3] whereas the family may go under the name leaping frogs.[1][4]
Indirana represent an ancient radiation of frogs that diverged from all other frogs almost 50 million years ago. This has credited Indirana gundia as a status of one of the "Top 100 Evolutionarily Distinct and Globally Endangered Amphibians".[5]
Description
Indirana species are small and slender-bodied frogs. They are typically found in leaf litter or near streams.[4] The tadpoles have hind limbs and finless tails, and are able to leap away to escape threats.[6][5]
Taxonomy
The taxonomical position of the Ranixalidae, with Indirana as the only genus, is now well established,[1][2][4][7] but this has not always been the case. Traditional classifications place it within the subfamily Ranixalinae of the family Ranidae, along with the genera Nannophrys and Nyctibatrachus.[8] The Ranixalinae have also been placed under the Nyctibatrachidae family.[9] Darrel R. Frost et al. (2006) placed them within the family Petropedetidae.[10][11]
Species
New species are still being discovered: Indirana salelkari was discovered in the Netravali Wildlife Sanctuary in the Indian state of Goa and described in late July 2015.[12] Species included in the genus are:[3]
- Indirana beddomii (Günther, 1876)
- Indirana brachytarsus (Günther, 1876)
- Indirana chiravasi Padhye, Modak, and Dahanukar, 2014
- Indirana diplosticta (Günther, 1876)
- Indirana gundia (Dubois, 1986)
- Indirana leithii (Boulenger, 1888)
- Indirana leptodactyla (Boulenger, 1882)
- Indirana longicrus (Rao, 1937)
- Indirana phrynoderma (Boulenger, 1882)
- Indirana salelkari Modak, Dahanukar, and Padhye, 2015
- Indirana semipalmata (Boulenger, 1882)
- Indirana tenuilingua (Rao, 1937)
References
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