VUB night frog
| VUB night frog | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Nyctibatrachidae |
| Genus: | Nyctibatrachus |
| Species: | N. vrijeuni
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| Binomial name | |
| Nyctibatrachus vrijeuni Biju, 2011
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The VUB night frog (Nyctibatrachus vrijeuni) is a species of frogs in the family Nyctibatrachidae. Both the specific name, "vrijeuni", and the acronym in the common name, "VUB", refer to Vrije Universiteit Brussel, the Free University of Brussels.[1] It is one of 12 new species of frogs in the genus Nyctibatrachus discovered in September 2011.[2] It is found exclusively in the Western Ghats, India.[3]
References
- ^ Biju, S. D.; Bocxlaer, Ines Van; Mahony, Stephen; Dinesh, K. P.; Radhakrishnan, C.; Zachariah, Anil; Giri, Varad; Bossuyt, Franky (15 September 2011). "A taxonomic review of the Night Frog genus Nyctibatrachus Boulenger, 1882 in the Western Ghats, India (Anura: Nyctibatrachidae) with description of twelve new species". Zootaxa. 3029 (1). doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3029.1.1. ISSN 1175-5334.
- ^ Mann, Adam (16 September 2011). "12 New and 3 Lost Night-Frog Species Discovered in India". wired.com. Retrieved 18 September 2011.
- ^ "Twelve new frog species detected in Western Ghats". deccanherald.com. 16 September 2011. Retrieved 18 September 2011.