Animalia > Chordata > Amphibia > Anura > Nyctibatrachidae > Nyctibatrachus > Nyctibatrachus vasanthi

Nyctibatrachus vasanthi (Kalakad wrinkled frog)

Wikipedia Abstract

Nyctibatrachus vasanthi (also known as the Kalakad wrinkled frog) is a species of night frog in the Nyctibatrachidae family endemic to the Western Ghats, India.Its natural habitats are tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.
View Wikipedia Record: Nyctibatrachus vasanthi

Endangered Species

Status: Endangered
View IUCN Record: Nyctibatrachus vasanthi

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
12
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
71
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 24.53
EDGE Score: 5.32
Learn more at EDGE of Existence programme

Attributes

Litters / Year [1]  1
Snout to Vent Length [1]  1.457 inches (3.7 cm)

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
South Western Ghats montane rain forests India Indo-Malayan Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Mundanthurai Sanctuary 140203 Tamil Nadu, India  
Western Ghats World Heritage Site 1965266 Kerala, India  

Alliance for Zero Extinction (AZE) Sites

Name  Location   Map   Climate   Land Use 
Kalakad-Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve India

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Western Ghats and Sri Lanka India, Sri Lanka No

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Oliveira, Brunno Freire; São-Pedro, Vinícius Avelar; Santos-Barrera, Georgina; Penone, Caterina; C. Costa, Gabriel. (2017) AmphiBIO, a global database for amphibian ecological traits. Sci. Data.
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
AZE sites provided by Alliance for Zero Extinction (2010). 2010 AZE Update.
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0