The amphibians of
Nepal
Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne,
सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mai ...
represent a variety of species, including:
Anura (frogs and toads)
True frogs
Order:
AnuraFamily:
Ranidae
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Assam sucker frog (''Amolops formosus'')
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Himalaya sucker frog (''Amolops himalanus'')
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Yembung sucker frog (''Amolops gerbillus'')
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Marbled sucker frog (''Amolops marmoratus'')
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Mountain sucker frog (''Amolops monticola'')
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Humerana humeralis
''Humerana humeralis'' is a species of frog in the family Ranidae.
It is found in Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Nepal, and possibly Bhutan.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and rivers.
It is threatened by habi ...
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Black striped frog (''Sylvirana nigrovittata'')
True toads
Order:
AnuraFamily:
Bufonidae {{Cat main, Toad
This category contains both species commonly called toads, and the true toads from the family Bufonidae {{Cat main, Toad
This category contains both species commonly called toads, and the true toads from the family Bufonidae {{Cat m ...
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Marbled toad (''Duttaphrynus stomaticus'')
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Asian common toad
''Duttaphrynus melanostictus'' is commonly called Asian common toad, Asian black-spined toad, Asian toad, black-spectacled toad, common Sunda toad, and Javanese toad. It is probably a complex of more than one true toad species that is widely d ...
(''Duttaphrynus melanostictus'')
Fork-tongued frogs
Order:
AnuraFamily:
Dicroglossidae
The frog family Dicroglossidae occurs in tropical and subtropical regions of Asia and Africa, with most genera and species being found in Asia. The common name of the family is fork-tongued frogs.
The Dicroglossidae were previously considered to ...
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Indian skitter frog (''Euphlyctis cyanphlyctis'')
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Jerdon's bullfrog (''Hoplobatrachus crassus'')
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Asian bullfrog ('' Hoplobatrachus tigerinus'')
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Northern frog
The northern frog (''Ingerana borealis''), or the Rotung oriental frog is a species of frog in the family Dicroglossidae. It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, northeastern India, Tibet, Nepal, and western Myanmar.
Its natural habitats are small, s ...
(''Ingerana borealis'')
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Annandale's paa frog (''Nanorana annandalii'')
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Arnold's paa frog (''Nanorana arnoldi'')
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Blandford's paa frog (''Nanorana blanfordii'')
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Torrent paa frog (''Nanorana ercepeae'')
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Sikkim paa frog (''Nanorana liebigii'')
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Nepal paa frog (''Nanorana minica'')
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Mountain slow frog (''Nanorana parkeri'')
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Langtana paa frog (''Nanorana polunini'')
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Rara paa frog (''Narorana rarica'')
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Dubois' paa frog (''Nanorana rostandi'')
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Ombrana sikimensis
''Ombrana'' is a monotypic genus of frogs in the family Dicroglossidae. It is represented by a single species, ''Ombrana sikimensis''. The validity of this genus is currently considered uncertain.
''Ombrana sikimensis'' is found in central and e ...
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Indian burrowing frog
The Indian burrowing frog (''Sphaerotheca breviceps'') is a species of frog found in South Asia (Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nepal, India, Sri Lanka and in Myanmar ).
Description
Its vomerine teeth form two oblique groups extending a little beyon ...
(''Sphaerotheca breviceps'')
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Sphaerotheca swani
''Sphaerotheca swani'' is a species of frog in the family Ranidae endemic to Nepal.
Its natural habitat
In ecology, the term habitat summarises the array of resources, physical and biotic factors that are present in an area, such as to ...
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Sphaerotheca maskeyi''
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Nepal cricket frog (''Zakerana nepalensis'')
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Pierre's cricket frog (''Zakerana syhadrensis'')
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Long legged cricket frog (''Zakarena syhadrensis'')
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Terai cricket frog (''Zakerana teraiensis'')
Narrow-mouthed frogs
Order:
AnuraFamily:
Microhylidae
The Microhylidae, commonly known as narrow-mouthed frogs, are a geographically widespread family of frogs. The 683 species are in 63 genera and 11 subfamilies, which is the largest number of genera of any frog family.
Evolution
A molecular phylo ...
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Indian painted bullfrog (''Uperodon taprobanicus'')
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Ornamented pygmy frog (''Microhyla ornata'')
Shrub frogs
Order:
AnuraFamily:
Rhacophoridae
The Rhacophoridae are a family of frogs that occur in tropical sub-Saharan Africa, South India and Sri Lanka, Japan, northeastern India to eastern China and Taiwan, south through the Philippines and Greater Sundas, and Sulawesi. They are commonly ...
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Common tree frog
''Polypedates leucomystax'' is a species in the shrub frog family Rhacophoridae. It is known under numerous common names, including common tree frog, four-lined tree frog, golden tree frog or striped tree frog. Many past authors have united it ...
(''Polypedates leucomystax'')
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Annandale's bush frog (''Raorchestes annandalii'')
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Nepal flying frog (''Zhangixalus smaragdinus'')
Goose frogs
Order:
AnuraFamily:
Megophryidae
Megophryidae, commonly known as goose frogs, is a large family of frogs native to the warm southeast of Asia, from the Himalayan foothills eastwards, south to Indonesia and the Greater Sunda Islands in Maritime Southeast Asia, and extending to th ...
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Himalayan stream frog (''Scutiger boulengeri'')
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Nepal lazy toad (''Scutiger nepalensis'')
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Scutiger nyingchiensis''
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Sikkim lazy toad (''Scutiger sikimmensis'')
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Small spadefoot toad (''Megophrys parva'')
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Bengal spadefoot toad (''Megophrys robusta'')
Gymnophiona
Caecilians (; ) are a group of limbless, vermiform or serpentine amphibians. They mostly live hidden in the ground and in stream substrates, making them the least familiar order of amphibians. Caecilians are mostly distributed in the tropics o ...
(caecilians and relatives)
Family:
Ichthyophiidae
The Ichthyophiidae are the family of Asiatic tailed caecilians or fish caecilians found in South and Southeast Asia as well as southernmost China.
They are primitive caecilians, lacking many of the derived characters found in the other families ...
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Darjeeling caecilians (''Ichthyophis sikkimensis'')
Urodela
Salamanders are a group of amphibians typically characterized by their lizard-like appearance, with slender bodies, blunt snouts, short limbs projecting at right angles to the body, and the presence of a tail in both larvae and adults. All ten ...
(salamanders and relatives)
Family:
Salamandridae
Salamandridae is a family of salamanders consisting of true salamanders and newts. Salamandrids are distinguished from other salamanders by the lack of rib or costal grooves along the sides of their bodies and by their rough skin. Their skin is v ...
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Himalayan newt
''Tylototriton verrucosus'' is a species of newt found in the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. Common names include: Himalayan newt, crocodile newt, crocodile salamander, Himalayan salamander, red knobby newt.
Description
This newt can ...
(''Tylototriton verrucosus'')
References
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Nepal
Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne,
सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mai ...
Nepal
Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne,
सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mai ...
Lists of biota of Nepal