Nyctibatrachus deccanensis Dubois, 1984 - Deccan Night Frog

Subspecies in India

This species is listed as Vulnerable in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (https://www.iucnredlist.org/).
 

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Nyctibatrachus deccanensis - Deccan Night Frog



This rare species is endemic to the southern Western Ghats of India. It inhabits riparian inland wetlands and tropical evergreen forests of the Ghats, at altitudes ranging from 500m - 2,000m asl.

 

 

Conservation Status:

This species is listed as Vulnerable in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (https://www.iucnredlist.org/).

According to the IUCN Red List assessment, the population of this species is declining. Currently, the population size of this species is unknown. The Extent of Occurrence is less than 20,000 sq km, with a severely fragmented distribution. The threat to its persistence comes from habitat degradation due to large scale agriculture and wood harvesting.
 

 

 

StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala1
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal
Total1

S.D. Biju, Sushil Dutta, M.S. Ravichandran. 2004. Nyctibatrachus deccanensis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2004: e.T58397A11767715.

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Nyctibatrachus deccanensis Dubois, 1984 – Deccan Night Frog. In Gosavi, N., A. Bayani, and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 1.05. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.indianamphibians.org/nyctibatrachus-deccanensis, accessed 2024/05/12.