Checklist of Amphibians of India

 

Family Bufonidae

• Ornate Torrent Toad Ansonia ornata Gunther, 1876
• Silent Valley Torrent Toad Ansonia rubigina Pillai and Pattabiraman, 1981
• Bufo beddomii Gunther, 1876
• Bufo brevirostris Rao, 1937
• Bufo burmanus Andersson, 1939
• Duttaphrynus cyphosus = Bufo cyphosus Ye, 1977
• Himalayan Toad Duttaphrynus himalayanus (Gunther, 1864) =Bufo himalayanus Gunther, 1864
• Bufo hololius Gunther, 1876
• Bufo koynayensis Soman, 1963
• Ladakh Toad Pseudepidalea latastii Boulenger, 1882 = Bufo latastii
• Common Indian Toad Duttaphrynus melanostictus (Schneider, 1799) =Bufo melanostictus Schneider, 1799
• Duttaphrynus microtympanum (Boulenger, 1882) = Bufo microtympanum Boulenger, 1882
• Ingerophrynus macrotis (Boulenger, 1887)
• Bufo parietalis Boulenger, 1882
• Ferguson's Toad Bufo scaber Schneider, 1799
• Bufo silentvalleyensis Pillai, 1981
• Bufo stomaticus Lutken, 1864
• Green Toad Bufo viridis
• Bufo stuarti Smith, 1929
• Bufoides meghalayanus (Yazdani and Chanda, 1971)
• Pedostibes kempi (Boulenger, 1919)
• Pedostibes tuberculosus Gunther, 1876

Family Ceratobatrachidae

• Ingerana charlesdarwini (Das, 1998) =Rana charlesdarwini

Family Dicroglossidae

Dicroglossinae

• Common skittering frog Euphlyctis cyanophlyctis (Schneider, 1799)
• Euphlyctis ghoshi (Chanda, 1991)
• Indian Five-fingered Frog Euphlyctis hexadactylus (Lesson, 1834)
• Fejervarya andamanensis (Stoliczka, 1870) = Limnonectes andamanensis (Stoliczka, 1870)
• Fejervarya assimilis (Blyth, 1852)
• Fejervarya brama (Lesson, 1834)
• Fejervarya brevipalmata (Peters, 1871)
• Fejervarya cancrivora (Gravenhorst, 1829)
• Fejervarya greenii (Boulenger, 1905)
• Fejervarya keralensis (Dubois, 1981)
• Alpine cricket frog Fejervarya limnocharis (Gravenhorst, 1829)
• Fejervarya murthii (Pillai, 1979)
• Fejervarya mysorensis (Rao, 1922)
• Fejervarya nicobariensis (Stoliczka, 1870)
• Fejervarya nepalensis Iskandar, 1998
• Fejervarya nilagirica (Jerdon, 1854)
• Fejervarya orissaensis (Dutta, 1997)
• Fejervarya parambikulamana (Rao, 1937)
• Fejervarya rufescens (Jerdon, 1854)
• Fejervarya sauriceps (Rao, 1937)
• Southern cricket frog Fejervarya syhadrensis (Annandale, 1919)
• Fejervarya teraiensis (Dubois, 1984)
• Jerdon's Bullfrog Hoplobatrachus crassus (Jerdon, 1854)
• Indian Bullfrog Hoplobatrachus tigerinus (Daudin, 1802)
• Limnonectes doriae (Boulenger, 1887)
• Limnonectes hascheanus (Stoliczka, 1870)
• Limnonectes khasianus (Anderson, 1871)
• Limnonectes kuhlii (Tschudi, 1838)
• Limnonectes laticeps (Boulenger, 1882)
• Limnonectes limborgi (Sclater, 1892)
• Limnonectes mawlyndipi (Chanda, 1990)
• Limnonectes mawphlangensis (Pillai and Chanda, 1977)
• Limnonectes shompenorum Das, 1996
• Minervarya sahyadris Dubois, Ohler, and Biju, 2001
• Nanorana annandalii = Paa annandalii (Boulenger, 1920)
• Nanorana arnoldi = Paa arnoldi (Dubois, 1975)
• Nanorana barmoachensis = Paa barmoachensis(Khan and Tasnim, 1989)
• Nanorana blanfordii = Paa blanfordii (Boulenger, 1882)
• Nanorana conaensis = Paa conaensis (Fei and Huang In Huang and Fei, 1981)
• Nanorana ercepeae = Paa ercepeae (Dubois, 1974)
• Hazara torrent frog Nanorana hazarensis = Paa hazarensis (Dubois and Khan, 1979)
• Nanorana liebigii = Paa liebigii (Gunther, 1860)
• Nanorana minica = Paa minica (Dubois, 1975)
• Nanorana mokokchungensis = Paa mokokchungensis (Das and Chanda, 2000)
• Nanorana polunini = Paa polunini (Smith, 1951)
• Nanorana pleskei Gunther, 1896
• Karez frog Nanorana sternosignata = Paa sternosignata (Murray, 1885)
• Murree Hill's frog Nanorana vicina = Paa vicina (Stoliczka, 1872)
• Ombrana sikimensis = Chaparana sikimensis (Jerdon, 1870)
• Burrowing frog Sphaerotheca breviceps (Schneider, 1799)
• Sphaerotheca dobsoni (Boulenger, 1882)
• Sphaerotheca leucorhynchus (Rao, 1937)
• Marbled Sand Frog Sphaerotheca rolandae (Dubois, 1983)

  Occidozyginae

• Occidozyga borealis (Annandale, 1912)
• Occidozyga lima (Gravenhorst, 1829)
• Occidozyga sumatrana (Peters, 1877)

  Family Hylidae

• Hyla annectans (Jerdon, 1870)

  Family Megophryidae

• Hasselt's Toad Leptobrachium hasseltii Tschudi, 1838
• Leptobrachium smithi Matsui, Nabhitabhata, and Panha, 1999
• Scutiger boulengeri (Bedriaga, 1898)
• Scutiger gongshanensis Yang and Su In Yang, Su, and Li, 1979
• Nyingchi Alpine Toad Scutiger nyingchiensis Fei, 1977
• Sikkim Alpine Toad Scutiger sikimmensis (Blyth, 1855)
• Xenophrys boettgeri (Boulenger, 1899)
• Xenophrys kempii (Annandale, 1912)
• Xenophrys major (Boulenger, 1908)
• Xenophrys parva (Boulenger, 1893)
• Xenophrys robusta (Boulenger, 1908)
• Xenophrys wuliangshanensis

  Family Micrixalidae

• Micrixalus elegans (Rao, 1937)
• Micrixalus fuscus (Boulenger, 1882)
• Micrixalus gadgili Pillai and Pattabiraman, 1990
• Micrixalus kottigeharensis (Rao, 1937)
• Micrixalus narainensis (Rao, 1937)
• Micrixalus nudis Pillai, 1978
• Micrixalus phyllophilus (Jerdon, 1854)
• Micrixalus saxicola (Jerdon, 1854)
• Micrixalus silvaticus (Boulenger, 1882)
• Micrixalus swamianus (Rao, 1937)
• Micrixalus thampii Pillai, 1981

  Family Microhylidae

• Kalophrynus interlineatus Blyth, 1855 = Kalophrynus orangensis Dutta, Ahmed, and Das, 2000
• Micryletta inornata (Boulenger, 1890)
• Ramanella anamalaiensis Rao, 1937
• Ramanella minor Rao, 1937
• Ramanella montana (Jerdon, 1854)
• Ramanella mormorata Rao, 1937
• Ramanella triangularis (Gunther, 1876)
• White-bellied pug-snout frog Ramanella variegata (Stoliczka, 1872)
• Uperodon globulosus (Gunther, 1864)
• Marbled balloon frog Uperodon systoma (Schneider, 1799)
• Melanobatrachus indicus Beddome, 1878
• Kaloula baleata (Muller In Oort and Muller, 1833)
• Painted Frog Kaloula pulchra Gray, 1831

Kaloula assamensis Das, Sengupta, Ahmed, and Dutta, 2005

• Sri Lankan Bullfrog Kaloula taprobanica Parker, 1934
• Microhyla berdmorei (Blyth, 1856)
• Microhyla chakrapanii Pillai, 1977
• Microhyla heymonsi Vogt, 1911
• Ornate Narrow-Mouthed Toad Microhyla ornata (Dumuril and Bibron, 1841)
• Microhyla pulchra (Hallowell, 1861)
• Microhyla rubra (Jerdon, 1854)
• Microhyla sholigari Dutta and Ray, 2000

  Family Nyctibatrachidae

• Nyctibatrachus aliciae Inger, Shaffer, Koshy, and Bakde, 1984
• Nyctibatrachus beddomii (Boulenger, 1882)
• Nyctibatrachus deccanensis Dubois, 1984
• Nyctibatrachus humayuni Bhaduri and Kripalani, 1955
• Nyctibatrachus hussaini Krishnamurthy, Reddy, and Gururaja, 2001
• Nyctibatrachus kempholeyensis (Rao, 1937)
• Nyctibatrachus major Boulenger, 1882
• Nyctibatrachus minor Inger, Shaffer, Koshy, and Bakde, 1984
• Nyctibatrachus petraeus Das and Kunte, 2005
• Nyctibatrachus sanctipalustris Rao, 1920
• Nyctibatrachus sylvaticus Rao, 1937
• Nyctibatrachus vasanthi Ravichandran, 1997

  Family Petropedetidae

• Indirana beddomii (Gunther, 1876)
• Indirana brachytarsus (Gunther, 1876)
• Indirana diplosticta (Gunther, 1876)
• Indirana gundia (Dubois, 1986)
• Indirana leithii (Boulenger, 1888)
• Indirana leptodactyla (Boulenger, 1882)
• Indirana longicrus (Rao, 1937)
• Indirana phrynoderma (Boulenger, 1882)
• Indirana semipalmata (Boulenger, 1882)
• Indirana tenuilingua Rao, 1937

  Family Ranidae

• Amolops chakrataensis Ray, 1992
• Amolops formosus (Gunther, 1876)
• Amolops gerbillus (Annandale, 1912)
• Amolops himalayanus (Boulenger, 1888)
• Amolops jaunsari Ray, 1992
• Amolops marmoratus (Blyth, 1855)
• Amolops monticola (Anderson, 1871)
• Amolops viridimaculatus (Jiang, 1983)
• Bicolored Frog Clinotarsus curtipes (Jerdon, 1854) = Rana curtipes Jerdon, 1854
• Huia chloronota (Gunther, 1876) = Rana chloronota (Gunther, 1876)
• Humerana humeralis (Boulenger, 1887) = Rana humeralis Boulenger, 1887
• Fungoid Frog Hydrophylax malabaricus (Tschudi, 1838) = Rana malabarica Tschudi, 1838
• Hydrophylax raniceps (Peters, 1871)
• Pterorana khare Kiyasetuo and Khare, 1986
• Hylarana tytleri = Rana tytleri (Theobald, 1868)
• Nasirana alticola (Boulenger, 1882) = Rana alticola Boulenger, 1882
• Golden frog Sylvirana aurantiaca = Rana aurantiaca Boulenger, 1904
• Sylvirana chitwanensis = Rana chitwanensis Das, 1998
• Sylvirana danieli = Rana danieli Pillai and Chanda, 1977
• Boulenger's Garo Hill Frog Sylvirana garoensis (Boulenger, 1920 ) = Rana garoensis Boulenger, 1920
• Sylvirana leptoglossa = Rana leptoglossa (Cope, 1868)
• Sylvirana nigrovittata = Rana nigrovittata (Blyth, 1856)
• Bronzed Frog Sylvirana temporalis = Rana temporalis (Gunther, 1864)

  Family Rhacophoridae

• Chiromantis cherrapunjiae = Chirixalus cherrapunjiae (Roonwal and Kripalani, 1966)
• Chiromantis doriae = Chirixalus doriae Boulenger, 1893
• Chiromantis dudhwaensis = Chirixalus dudhwaensis Ray, 1992
• Chiromantis shyamrupus = Chirixalus shyamrupus (Chanda and Ghosh, 1989)
• Chiromantis simus = Chirixalus simus Annandale, 1915
• Chiromantis vittatus = Chirixalus vittatus (Boulenger, 1887)
• Nyctixalus moloch (Annandale, 1912)
• Kurixalus verrucosus = Rhacophorus verrucosus Boulenger, 1893
• Aquixalus bisacculus = Rhacophorus bisacculus Taylor, 1962
• Aquixalus naso = Polypedates naso (Annandale, 1912)
• Philautus andersoni (Ahl, 1927)
• Philautus anili Biju and Bossuyt, 2006
• Philatus luteolus Kuramoto and Joshy, 2003
• Philatus tuberohumerus Kuramoto and Joshy, 2003
• Philautus annandalii (Boulenger, 1906)
• Philautus beddomii (Gunther, 1876)
• Philautus bobingeri Biju and Bossuyt, 2005
• Philautus bombayensis (Annandale, 1919)
• Philautus chalazodes (Gunther, 1876)
• Philautus charius Rao, 1937
• Philautus dubius (Boulenger, 1882)
• Round-snout pygmy frog Philautus femoralis (Gunther, 1864)
• Philautus flaviventris (Boulenger, 1882)
• Philautus garo (Boulenger, 1919)
• Philautus glandulosus (Jerdon, 1854)
• Philautus graminirupes Biju & Bossuyt, 2005
• Philautus griet Bossuyt, 2002
• Philautus jerdonii (Gunther, 1876)
• Philautus kempiae (Boulenger, 1919)
• Philautus luteolus
• Philautus microdiscus (Annandale, 1912)
• Philautus namdaphaensis Sarkar and Sanyal, 1985
• Sharp-snout pygmy tree frog Philautus nasutus
• Philautus nerostagona
• Philautus ponmudi
• Philautus sanctisilvaticus Das and Chanda, 1997
• Philautus shillongensis Pillai and Chanda, 1973
• Philautus signatus (Boulenger, 1882)
• Philautus similipalensis Dutta, 2003
• Philautus terebrans Das and Chanda, 1998
• Philautus tinniens (Jerdon, 1854)
• Philautus travancoricus (Boulenger, 1891)
• Philautus tuberohumerus
• Philautus wynaadensis (Jerdon, 1854)
• Polypedates gongshanensis
• Polypedates insularis Das, 1995
• Polypedates leucomystax (Gravenhorst, 1829)
• Chunam Frog Polypedates maculatus (Gray, 1833)
• Polypedates megacephalus Hallowell, 1861
• Polypedates pseudocruciger Das and Ravichandran, 1998
• Polypedates taeniatus (Boulenger, 1906)
• Rhacophorus appendiculatus (Gunther, 1858)
• Rhacophorus bipunctatus Ahl, 1927
• Rhacophorus calcadensis Ahl, 1927
• Rhacophorus lateralis Boulenger, 1883
• Malabar Flying Frog Rhacophorus malabaricus Jerdon, 1870
• Rhacophorus maximus Gunther, 1858
• Rhacophorus namdaphaensis Sarkar and Sanyal, 1985
• Rhacophorus pseudomalabaricus Vasudevan and Dutta, 2000
• Rhacophorus tuberculatus (Anderson, 1871)
• Rhacophorus variabilis (Jerdon, 1854)
• Rhacophorus htunwini Wilkinson, Thin, Lwin, and Shein, 2005
• Rhacophorus translineatus Wu In Sichuan Institute of Biology Herpetology Department, 1977
• Rhacophorus kio Ohler and Delorme, 2006
• Theloderma asperum (Boulenger, 1886)

  Family Sooglossidae

• Purple Frog (Nasikabatrachus sahyadrensis) Biju and Bossuyt, 2003

  Order Gymnophiona

  Family Caeciliidae

• Gegeneophis carnosus (Beddome, 1870)
• Amboli caecilian Gegeneophis danieli Giri, Wilkinson, and Gower, 2003
• Gegeneophis nadkarnii Gopalakrishna Bhatta and P. Prashanth, 2004 ^[4]
• Gegeneophis madhavai Gopalakrishna Bhatta and R. Srinivasa, 2004 ^[5]
• Gegeneophis fulleri (Alcock, 1904)
• Gegeneophis krishni Pillai and Ravichandran, 1999
• Forest Caecilian Gegeneophis ramaswamii Taylor, 1964
• Gegeneophis seshachari Ravichandran, Gower, and Wilkinson, 2003
• Indotyphlus battersbyi Taylor, 1960
• Maharashtra caecilian Indotyphlus maharashtraensis Giri, Wilkinson, and Gower, 2003

  Family Ichthyophiidae

• Ichthyophis beddomei Peters, 1880
• Ichthyophis bombayensis Taylor, 1960
• Ichthyophis garoensis Pillai and Ravichandran, 1999
• Ichthyophis humphreyi Taylor, 1973
• Ichthyophis husaini Pillai and Ravichandran, 1999
• Ichthyophis longicephalus Pillai, 1986
• Ichthyophis malabarensis Taylor, 1960
• Ichthyophis peninsularis Taylor, 1960
• Ichthyophis sikkimensis Taylor, 1960
• Ichthyophis subterrestris Taylor, 1960
• Ichthyophis tricolor Annandale, 1909
• Uraeotyphlus interruptus Pillai and Ravichandran, 1999
• Uraeotyphlus malabaricus (Beddome, 1870)
• Uraeotyphlus menoni Annandale, 1913
• Uraeotyphlus narayani Seshachar, 1939
• Uraeotyphlus oxyurus (Dumuril and Bibron, 1841)

  Order Urodela

  Family Salamandridae

• Himalayan Newt Tylototriton verrucosus Anderson , 1871

  References

1. Daniels, R. J. R. (2001) Endemic fishes of the Western Ghats and the Satpura hypothesis. Current Science 81(3):240-244
2. Frost, Darrel R. 2006. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 4 (17 August 2006). Electronic Database accessible at [1]. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA.
3. R. J. Ranjit Daniels (2005) Amphibians of Peninsular India. Universities Press.
4. Gopalakrishna Bhatta and P. Prashanth (2004) Gegeneophis nadkarnii  a caecilian (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Caeciliidae) from Bondla Wildlife Sanctuary,Western Ghats Current Science, 87(3):10
5. Gopalakrishna Bhatta & R. Srinivasa (2004) A new species of Gegeneophis Peters (Amphibia: Gymnophiona:Caeciliidae) from the surroundings of Mookambika Wildlife Sanctuary, Karnataka , India . Zootaxa 644: 18