''Euphlyctis'' is a genus of
frog
A frog is any member of a diverse and largely carnivorous group of short-bodied, tailless amphibians composing the order Anura (ανοὐρά, literally ''without tail'' in Ancient Greek). The oldest fossil "proto-frog" ''Triadobatrachus'' is ...
s in family
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 ...
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
IUCN is considered
threatened
Threatened species are any species (including animals, plants and fungi) which are vulnerable to endangerment in the near future. Species that are threatened are sometimes characterised by the population dynamics measure of ''critical depensa ...
.
Species
There are eight species recognised in the genus ''Euphlyctis'':
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'' 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
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