''Euphlyctis'' is a genus of

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s in family Dicroglossidae distributed from the southwestern Arabian Peninsula, Pakistan and Afghanistan to India, Nepal, through Myanmar and Thailand to Malaya, and Sri Lanka. None of the four species assessed by the

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is considered

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Species

There are eight species recognised in the genus ''Euphlyctis'': * ''

Euphlyctis aloysii ''Euphlyctis aloysii'' is a species of frog in the family Dicroglossidae. It is endemic to Karnataka, southwestern India. It was species description, described from a female holotype from Mangalore, Karnataka. Description Adults are small comp ...

'' Joshy, Alam, Kurabayashi, Sumida, and Kuramoto, 2009 * ''

Euphlyctis cyanophlyctis ''Euphlyctis cyanophlyctis'' is a common dicroglossid frog found in South Asia. It is known under numerous common names, including Indian skipper frog or skittering frog. They are often seen at the edge of bodies of water with their eyes above ...

'' (Schneider, 1799) * '' Euphlyctis ehrenbergii'' (Peters, 1863) * '' Euphlyctis ghoshi'' (Chanda, 1991) * ''

Euphlyctis hexadactylus ''Euphlyctis hexadactylus'', also known as the green pond frog, Indian green frog, and Indian five-fingered frog, is a common species of aquatic frog found in Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. The nominal taxon likely represents a specie ...

'' (Lesson, 1834) * ''

Euphlyctis kalasgramensis ''Euphlyctis'' is a genus of frogs in family Dicroglossidae distributed from the southwestern Arabian Peninsula, Pakistan and Afghanistan to India, Nepal, through Myanmar and Thailand to Malaya, and Sri Lanka. None of the four species assessed by ...

'' Howlader, Nair, Gopalan, and Merilä, 2015 * '' Euphlyctis karaavali'' Priti, Naik, Seshadri, Singal, Vidisha, Ravikanth, and Gururaja, 2016 * '' Euphlyctis kerala'' Dinesh, Channakeshavamurthy, Deepak, Ghosh, and Deuti, 2021 * ''Euphlyctis mudigere'' Joshy, Alam, Kurabayashi, Sumida, and Kuramoto, 2009 was placed into the synonymy of ''Euphlyctis cyanophlyctis''

References

Dicroglossidae Amphibians of Asia Amphibian genera Taxa named by Leopold Fitzinger {{Dicroglossidae-stub