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| Breeding male Clinotarsus curtipes | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Ranidae |
| Genus: | Clinotarsus (Mivart, 1869) [1] |
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Clinotarsus is a genus of ranid frogs. [1] [2] Members of this genus are found in India and Southeast Asia. [1]
There are three species recognised in the genus Clinotarsus: [1] [2]
| Image | Name | Common name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Clinotarsus alticola (Boulenger, 1882) | Assam Hills frog, Annandale's frog, pointed-headed frog, palebrown stream frog, hill frog, point-nosed frog, and high-altitude frog | Meghalaya and northeastern India (Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura, and West Bengal) to northern Bangladesh |
 | Clinotarsus curtipes (Jerdon, 1853) | bicolored frog or Malabar frog | Western Ghats of India |
| Clinotarsus penelope Grosjean et al.., 2015 | Palebrown stream frog | Peninsular Thailand from central Kachana Buri province south to Trang Province | |
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