Nyctibatrachus aliciae | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Anura |
Family: | Nyctibatrachidae |
Genus: | Nyctibatrachus |
Species: | N. aliciae |
Binomial name | |
Nyctibatrachus aliciae Inger, Shaffer, Koshy & Bakde, 1984 | |
Nyctibatrachus aliciae, commonly known as Alicia's night frog or Alice's night frog, is a species of frog in the family Nyctibatrachidae. It is endemic to the southern Western Ghats in Ponmudi and Athirimala in Kerala, India. [2] These frogs occur in riparian habitats and in streams in tropical moist evergreen and semi-evergreen forests, tolerating some degree of habitat modification. The species, though locally common, has a small distribution are and is threatened by habitat loss. [1]
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