''Hydrophylax'' is a genus of
true frog
True frogs is the common name for the frog family Ranidae. They have the widest distribution of any frog family. They are abundant throughout most of the world, occurring on all continents except Antarctica. The true frogs are present in North A ...
s (family Ranidae).
[ They are found in South and Southeast Asia.][
]
Species
The following species are recognised in the genus ''Hydrophylax'':[
* '']Hydrophylax bahuvistara
''Hydrophylax bahuvistara'', commonly known as the widespread fungoid frog, is a colourful frog found widespread in peninsular India, distributed in Maharashtra, Karnataka, Goa and Madhya Pradesh. It is very similar to another species with w ...
'' Padhye ''et al''., 2015
* ''Hydrophylax gracilis
''Hydrophylax gracilis'', also known as Gravenhorst's frog, Gravenhorst's golden-backed frog, and Sri Lanka wood frog, is a species of frog in the family Ranidae. It is endemic to Sri Lanka.
''Hydrophylax gracilis'' occurs in marshes, agricult ...
'' (Gravenhorst, 1829)
* '' Hydrophylax leptoglossa'' (Cope, 1868)
* '' Hydrophylax malabaricus'' (Tschudi, 1838)
References
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True frogs
Amphibian genera
Amphibians of Asia
Taxa named by Leopold Fitzinger