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Family Nasikabatrachidae

Not assigned to a named subfamily – one genus
Name Authority and species Range Size and ecology
Nasikabatrachus
(Purple Pig-nosed Frogs)

Purple frog

Biju & Bossuyt, 2003

Two species
India (Kerala and Tamil Nadu) Size range: 49 mm (2 in) long (Bhupathy’s Purple Pig-nosed Frog) to 90 mm (4 in) long (Purple frog)

Habitats: Forest, inland wetlands, canals and drainage channels

Diets: Termites, ants, worms as well as algae


Family Chikilidae

Not assigned to a named subfamily – one genus
Name Authority and species Range Size and ecology
Chikila Kamei, San Mauro, Gower, Van Bocxlaer, Sherratt, Thomas, Babu, Bossuyt, Wilkinson & Biju, 2012

Four species
India (Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura), Bangladesh (Sylhet Division) Size range:

Habitats: Inland wetlands, forest, rural gardens, plantations, irrigated land, aquaculture ponds, canals and drainage channels

Diets: Unknown, possibly worms and insects

Family Hylidae

Subfamily HylinaeRafinesque, 1815 – one genus
Name Authority and species Range Size and ecology
Hyla
(Holarctic Treefrogs)

Hyla annectans

Laurenti, 1768

One species
India (Assam, Manipur, Nagaland, Meghalaya), China, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam Size range:

Habitats: Forest, shrubland, grassland, inland wetlands, irrigated lands and ponds

Diets:

Family Ceratobatrachidae

subfamily LiuraninaeFei, Ye & Jiang, 2010 – one genus
Name Authority and species Range Size and ecology
Liurana
(Papilla-tongued Frogs)
Dubois, 1987

Four species
Size range:

Habitats:

Diets:

Family Micrixalidae

Not assigned to a named Subfamily – one genus
Name Authority and species Range Size and ecology
Micrixalus
(Dancing Frogs)

Image of Micrixalus uttaraghati

Boulenger, 1888

24 species
India (Western Ghats) Size range:

Habitats:

Diets: Small invertebrates

Family Nyctibatrachidae

Subfamily AstrobatrachinaeVijayakumar, Pyron, Dinesh, Torsekar, Srikanthan, Swamy, Stanley, Blackburn & Shanker, 2019 – one genus
Name Authority and species Range Size and ecology
Astrobatrachus
(Dwarf Triangle Disk Frogs)

Image of Astrobatrachus kurichiyana

Vijayakumar, Pyron, Dinesh, Torsekar, Srikanthan, Swamy, Stanley, Blackburn, and Shanker, 2019

One species
India (Kerala) Size range:

Habitats:

Diets:
Subfamily NyctibatrachinaeBlommers-Schlösser, 1993 – one genus
Name Authority and species Range Size and ecology
Nyctibatrachus
(Night Frogs)

Image of Nyctibatrachus anamallaiensis

Boulenger, 1882

35 species
India (Western Ghats) Size range: 13 mm (1 in) long (N. beddomii) to 84 mm (3 in) long (N. karnatakaensis)

Habitats:

Diets: Unknown, presumably small invertebrates

Family Ranixalidae

Not assigned to a named Subfamily – two genera
Name Authority and species Range Size and ecology
Indirana
(Leaping Frogs)

Image of Indirana brachytarsus

Laurent, 1986

Fourteen species
India (Western Ghats) Size range:

Habitats:

Diets: Small invertebrates
Walkerana
(Mountain Leaping Frogs)

Image of Walkerana phrynoderma

Dahanukar, Modak, Krutha, Nameer, Padhye & Molur, 2016

Four species
India (Western Ghats) Size range:

Habitats:

Diets: Small invertebrates

Family Salamandridae

Subfamily PleurodelinaeTschudi, 1838 – one genus
Name Authority and species Range Size and ecology
Tylototriton
(Crocodile Newts)

Image of Himalayan Crocodile Newt

Anderson, 1871

Two species
India (Kerala) Size range:

Habitats:

Diets:

Family Grandisoniidae

Not assigned to a named Subfamily – two genera
Name Authority and species Range Size and ecology
Gegeneophis
(Blind Caecilians)

Image of Mhadei Caecilian

Peters, 1880

Twelve species
India (Kerala) Size range:

Habitats:

Diets:
Indotyphlus
(Vermiform Caecilians)

Image of Mhadei Caecilian

Taylor, 1960

Two species
India (Kerala) Size range:

Habitats:

Diets:

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