Lankanectes

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Lankanectes
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Nyctibatrachidae
Subfamily: Lankanectinae
Dubois & Ohler, 2001
Genus: Lankanectes
Dubois & Ohler, 2001
Species

Lankanectes is a genus of frogs in the family Nyctibatrachidae that is endemic to Sri Lanka. It is the only member of the Nyctibatrachidae to be found outside India and the only member of the subfamily Lankanectinae. [1] [2]

There are two known species in this genus:

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References

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