Checklist of Endemic Indian Amphibian Species

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Checklist Info -
This list of amphibian species found exclusively in India is based on the taxonomy used in Frost (2004). For further details on possible inaccuracies in the list see Sources & Caveats.

Checklist References -
Frost, D.R. (2004) Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. 3.0 (22 August 2004). American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA.

Checklist Key -
x = extinct

Checklist Stats -
Number of species: 175.

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s.no. scientific_name extinct_(X) order family common_name
1 Amolops assamensis Anura Bufonidae
2 Amolops chakrataensis Anura Bufonidae Black Torrent Toad
3 Amolops gerbillus Anura Bufonidae Silent Valley Torrent Toad
4 Amolops jaunsari Anura Bufonidae Beddome's Toad
5 Ansonia glandulosa Anura Bufonidae Short-nosed Toad
6 Ansonia ornata Anura Bufonidae Malabar Toad
7 Ansonia rubigina Anura Bufonidae Koyna Toad
8 Bufo beddomii Anura Bufonidae Small-eared Toad
9 Bufo brevirostris Anura Bufonidae Ridged Toad
10 Bufo hololius Anura Bufonidae Silent Valley Toad
11 Bufo koynayensis Anura Bufonidae Khasi Hills Toad
12 Bufo microtympanum Anura Bufonidae Kemp's Asian Tree Toad
13 Bufo parietalis Anura Bufonidae Warty Asian Tree Toad
14 Bufo silentvalleyensis Anura Microhylidae Orang Sticky Frog
15 Bufoides meghalayanus Anura Microhylidae Black Narrow-mouthed Frog
16 Chirixalus cherrapunjiae Anura Microhylidae Chakrapani's Narrow-mouthed Frog
17 Chirixalus dudhwaensis Anura Microhylidae Karnataka Rice Frog
18 Chirixalus shyamrupus Anura Microhylidae Anamalai Dot Frog
19 Euphlyctis ghoshi Anura Microhylidae Hassan Dot Frog
20 Fejervarya andamanensis Anura Microhylidae Mountain Dot Frog
21 Fejervarya assimilis Anura Microhylidae Marbled Dot Frog
22 Fejervarya brevipalmata Anura Microhylidae Malabar Dot Frog
23 Fejervarya caperata Anura Nasikabatrachidae Purple Frog
24 Fejervarya granosa Anura Ranidae Dehradun Stream Frog
25 Fejervarya keralensis Anura Ranidae Jaunsar Stream Frog
26 Fejervarya kudremukhensis Anura Ranidae Ghosh's Frog
27 Fejervarya mudduraja Anura Ranidae Chestnut-brown Frog
28 Fejervarya murthii Anura Ranidae Calcutta Wart Frog
29 Fejervarya mysorensis Anura Ranidae Short-webbed Frog
30 Fejervarya nicobariensis Anura Ranidae Murthy's Frog
31 Fejervarya nilagirica Anura Ranidae Mysore Wart Frog
32 Fejervarya orissaensis Anura Ranidae Nilgiri Frog
33 Fejervarya parambikulamana Anura Ranidae Orissa Frog
34 Fejervarya rufescens Anura Ranidae Parambikulam Frog
35 Fejervarya sauriceps Anura Ranidae Rufescent Burrowing Frog
36 Gegeneophis carnosus Anura Ranidae Lizard-headed Frog
37 Gegeneophis danieli Anura Ranidae Beddome's Leaping Frog
38 Gegeneophis fulleri Anura Ranidae Short-legged Leaping Frog
39 Gegeneophis goaensis Anura Ranidae Spotted Leaping Frog
40 Gegeneophis krishni Anura Ranidae Gundia Indian Frog
41 Gegeneophis madhavai Anura Ranidae Leith's Leaping Frog
42 Gegeneophis mhadeiensis Anura Ranidae Long-toed Leaping Frog
43 Gegeneophis nadkarnii Anura Ranidae Rao's Leaping Frog
44 Gegeneophis ramaswamii Anura Ranidae Kerala Indian Frog
45 Gegeneophis seshachari Anura Ranidae Brown Leaping Frog
46 Ghatixalus asterops Anura Ranidae Slender-tongued Leaping Frog
47 Ichthyophis beddomei Anura Ranidae Khasi Hills Frog
48 Ichthyophis bombayensis Anura Ranidae Mawlindip Frog
49 Ichthyophis garoensis Anura Ranidae Crimson Bush Frog
50 Ichthyophis husaini Anura Ranidae Dusky Torrent Frog
51 Ichthyophis kodaguensis Anura Ranidae Gadgil's Torrent Frog
52 Ichthyophis longicephalus Anura Ranidae Kottigehar Bush Frog
53 Ichthyophis malabarensis Anura Ranidae Naraina's Bush Frog
54 Ichthyophis peninsularis Anura Ranidae Naked Torrent Frog
55 Ichthyophis subterrestris Anura Ranidae Pink-thighed Torrent Frog
56 Ichthyophis tricolor Anura Ranidae Malabar Tropical Frog
57 Indirana beddomii Anura Ranidae Forest Torrent Frog
58 Indirana brachytarsus Anura Ranidae Ramaswami's Bush Frog
59 Indirana diplosticta Anura Ranidae Thampi's Torrent Frog
60 Indirana gundia Anura Ranidae
61 Indirana leithii Anura Ranidae Alicia's Wrinkled Frog
62 Indirana leptodactyla Anura Ranidae Beddome's Dwarf Wrinkled Frog
63 Indirana longicrus Anura Ranidae Deccan Wrinkled Frog
64 Indirana phrynoderma Anura Ranidae Humayun's Wrinkled Frog
65 Indirana semipalmata Anura Ranidae
66 Indirana tenuilingua Anura Ranidae Kempholey Wrinkled Frog
67 Indotyphlus battersbyi Anura Ranidae Large Wrinkled Frog
68 Indotyphlus maharashtraensis Anura Ranidae Small Wrinkled Frog
69 Kalophrynus orangensis Anura Ranidae Sacred Swamp Wrinkled Frog
70 Kaloula assamensis Anura Ranidae Forest Wrinkled Frog
71 Limnonectes khasianus Anura Ranidae Kalakad Wrinkled Frog
72 Limnonectes mawlyndipi Anura Ranidae Mokokchung Paa Frog
73 Limnonectes mawphlangensis Anura Ranidae Indian Flying Frog
74 Melanobatrachus indicus Anura Ranidae Charles Darwin's Frog
75 Micrixalus elegans Anura Ranidae Bicolored Frog
76 Micrixalus fuscus Anura Ranidae
77 Micrixalus gadgili Anura Ranidae Garo Hills Frog
78 Micrixalus kottigeharensis Anura Ranidae Fungoid Frog
79 Micrixalus narainensis Anura Ranidae Dobson's Burrowing Frog
80 Micrixalus nudis Anura Ranidae Rao's Burrowing Frog
81 Micrixalus phyllophilus Anura Rhacophoridae Cherrapunji Bush Frog
82 Micrixalus saxicola Anura Rhacophoridae Dudhwa Tree Frog
83 Micrixalus silvaticus Anura Rhacophoridae Shyamrup's Bush Frog
84 Micrixalus swamianus Anura Rhacophoridae Beddome's Bush Frog
85 Micrixalus thampii Anura Rhacophoridae Konkan Bush Frog
86 Microhyla chakrapanii Anura Rhacophoridae Günther's Bush Frog
87 Microhyla sholigari Anura Rhacophoridae Chari's Bush Frog
88 Minervarya sahyadris Anura Rhacophoridae Boulenger's Tree Frog
89 Nasikabatrachus sahyadrensis Anura Rhacophoridae Yellow-bellied Bush Frog
90 Nyctibatrachus aliciae Anura Rhacophoridae Garo Hills Bush Frog
91 Nyctibatrachus beddomii Anura Rhacophoridae Rough-skinned Bush Frog
92 Nyctibatrachus dattatreyaensis Anura Rhacophoridae Munnar Bush Frog
93 Nyctibatrachus deccanensis Anura Rhacophoridae Günther's Micro Tree Frog
94 Nyctibatrachus humanyuni Anura Rhacophoridae Kemp's Bush Frog
95 Nyctibatrachus hussaini Anura Rhacophoridae Kirundadu Bush Frog
96 Nyctibatrachus karnatakaensis Anura Rhacophoridae Kobo Bush Frog
97 Nyctibatrachus kempholeyensis Anura Rhacophoridae Namdapha Bush Frog
98 Nyctibatrachus major Anura Rhacophoridae Sacred Grove Bush Frog
99 Nyctibatrachus minimus Anura Rhacophoridae Shillong Bush Frog
100 Nyctibatrachus minor Anura Rhacophoridae Cross-backed Bush Frog
101 Nyctibatrachus petraeus Anura Rhacophoridae Similipal Bush Frog
102 Nyctibatrachus sanctipalustris Anura Rhacophoridae Boring Bush Frog
103 Nyctibatrachus sholai Anura Rhacophoridae Nilgiri Bush Frog
104 Nyctibatrachus sylvaticus Anura Rhacophoridae Travancore Bush Frog
105 Nyctibatrachus vasanthi Anura Rhacophoridae Kudremukh Bush Frog
106 Paa mokokchungensis Anura Rhacophoridae Plain-colored Bush Frog
107 Pedostibes kempi Anura Rhacophoridae Nicobarese Tree Frog
108 Pedostibes tuberculosus Anura Rhacophoridae False Hour-glass Tree Frog
109 Philautus anili Anura Rhacophoridae Kalakkad Tree Frog
110 Philautus beddomii Anura Rhacophoridae Small Gliding Frog
111 Philautus bobingeri Anura Rhacophoridae Malabar Gliding Frog
112 Philautus bombayensis Anura Rhacophoridae Namdapha Flying Frog
113 Philautus chalazodes Anura Rhacophoridae Anaimalai Flying Frog
114 Philautus charius Anura Rhacophoridae Spotted Green Tree Frog
115 Philautus dubius Gymnophiona Caeciliidae Pink Blind Caecilian
116 Philautus dubois Gymnophiona Caeciliidae Amboli Caecilian
117 Philautus flaviventris Gymnophiona Caeciliidae Fuller's Caecilian
118 Philautus garo Gymnophiona Caeciliidae Krishna Caecilian
119 Philautus glandulosus Gymnophiona Caeciliidae Ramaswami's Caecilian
120 Philautus graminirupes Gymnophiona Caeciliidae Seshachar's Caecilian
121 Philautus griet Gymnophiona Caeciliidae Khandala Caecilian
122 Philautus jerdonii Gymnophiona Ichthyophiidae Yellow-striped Caecilian
123 Philautus kempiae Gymnophiona Ichthyophiidae Maharashtra Caecilian
124 Philautus kempii Gymnophiona Ichthyophiidae Garo Hills Caecilian
125 Philautus luteolus Gymnophiona Ichthyophiidae Husain's Caecilian
126 Philautus microdiscus Gymnophiona Ichthyophiidae Long-headed Caecilian
127 Philautus namdaphaensis Gymnophiona Ichthyophiidae Malabar Caecilian
128 Philautus neelanethrus Gymnophiona Ichthyophiidae Short-headed Caecilian
129 Philautus nerostagona Gymnophiona Ichthyophiidae Lavender-colored Caecilian
130 Philautus ochlandrae Gymnophiona Ichthyophiidae Three-colored Caecilian
131 Philautus ponmudi Gymnophiona Uraeotyphlidae Chengalam Caecilian
132 Philautus sahai Gymnophiona Uraeotyphlidae White-lipped Caecilian
133 Philautus sanctisilvaticus Gymnophiona Uraeotyphlidae Menon's Caecilian
134 Philautus shillongensis Gymnophiona Uraeotyphlidae Narayan's Caecilian
135 Philautus signatus Gymnophiona Uraeotyphlidae Dark-brown Caecilian
136 Philautus similipalensis Anura Dicroglossidae Wrinkled Cricket Frog
137 Philautus terebrans Anura Dicroglossidae
138 Philautus tinniens Anura Dicroglossidae Kerala Warty Frog
139 Philautus travancoricus x Anura Dicroglossidae Kundremukh Cricket Frog
140 Philautus tuberohumerus Anura Dicroglossidae
141 Philautus wynaadensis Anura Dicroglossidae Nicobar Frog
142 Polypedates insularis Anura Dicroglossidae Mawphlang Frog
143 Polypedates occidentalis Anura Megophryidae Serchhip Horned Frog
144 Polypedates pseudocruciger Anura Megophryidae Zunheboto Horned Frog
145 Pterorana kharae Anura Microhylidae Assam Painted Frog
146 Ramanella anamalaiensis Anura Nyctibatrachidae Dattatreya Wrinkled Frog
147 Ramanella minor Anura Nyctibatrachidae Giant Wrinkled Frog
148 Ramanella montana Anura Nyctibatrachidae Tiny Night Frog
149 Ramanella mormorata Anura Nyctibatrachidae Castlerock Night Frog
150 Ramanella triangularis Anura Nyctibatrachidae Shola Wrinkled Frog
151 Rana charlesdarwini Anura Ranidae Assamese Cascade Frog
152 Rana curtipes Anura Ranidae Gerbil Stream Frog
153 Rana danieli Anura Rhacophoridae
154 Rana garoensis Anura Rhacophoridae Anil's Bush Frog
155 Rana malabarica Anura Rhacophoridae
156 Rhacophorus calcadensis Anura Rhacophoridae
157 Rhacophorus lateralis Anura Rhacophoridae
158 Rhacophorus malabaricus Anura Rhacophoridae Kemp's Shrub Frog
159 Rhacophorus namdaphaensis Anura Rhacophoridae Blue-eyed Shrub Frog
160 Rhacophorus pseudomalabaricus Anura Rhacophoridae Waterdrop Shrub Frog
161 Rhacophorus suffry Anura Rhacophoridae Ochlandra Reed Shrub Frog
162 Rhacophorus variabilis Anura Rhacophoridae Ponmudi Shrub Frog
163 Sphaerotheca dobsonii Anura Rhacophoridae
164 Sphaerotheca leucorhynchus Anura Rhacophoridae
165 Theloderma moloch Anura Rhacophoridae Suffry Flying Frog
166 Theloderma nagalandense Anura Rhacophoridae Eerie Tree Frog
167 Uraeothyphlus interruptus Anura Rhacophoridae Nagaland Bug-eyed Frog
168 Uraeothyphlus malabaricus Gymnophiona Caeciliidae Goa Caecilian
169 Uraeothyphlus menoni Gymnophiona Caeciliidae Madhavas' Caecilian
170 Uraeothyphlus narayani Gymnophiona Caeciliidae Mahadayi Caecilian
171 Uraeothyphlus oxyurus Gymnophiona Caeciliidae Nadkarni's Caecilian
172 Uraeotyphlus gansi Gymnophiona Caeciliidae Maharashtra Caecilian
173 Uraeotyphlus oommeni Gymnophiona Ichthyophiidae Kodagu Striped Ichthyophis
174 Xenophrys serchhipii Gymnophiona Ichthyophiidae Gans' Caecilian
175 Xenophrys zunhebotoensis Gymnophiona Ichthyophiidae Oommen's Caecilian