Clinotarsus

Clinotarsus is a genus of ranid frogs.[1][2] Members of this genus are found in India and Southeast Asia.[1]

Clinotarsus
Breeding male Clinotarsus curtipes
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Ranidae
Genus: Clinotarsus
(Mivart, 1869)[1]
Species

see text.

Synonyms

Species

There are three species recognised in the genus Clinotarsus:[1][2]

ImageNameCommon nameDistribution
Clinotarsus alticola (Boulenger, 1882)Assam Hills frog, Annandale's frog, pointed-headed frog, palebrown stream frog, hill frog, point-nosed frog, and high-altitude frogMeghalaya and northeastern India (Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura, and West Bengal) to northern Bangladesh
Clinotarsus curtipes (Jerdon, 1853)bicolored frog or Malabar frogWestern Ghats of India
Clinotarsus penelope Grosjean et al.., 2015Palebrown stream frogPeninsular Thailand from central Kachana Buri province south to Trang Province

References

  1. Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Clinotarsus Mivart, 1869". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 4 May 2014.
  2. "Ranidae". AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. Berkeley, California: AmphibiaWeb. 2014. Archived from the original on 1 February 2019. Retrieved 4 May 2014.


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