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Citation: Dinesh, K.P., Radhakrishnan, C., Deepak, P. and Kulkarni, N.U. 2023. A
Checklist of Indian Amphibians with Common names for the country and their
IUCN Conservation Status. pp 1–19. Version 5.0 (updated till January 2023)
available at http://zsi.gov.in (online only).

Cover Photo: Euphlyctis jaladhara Dinesh, Channakeshavamurthy, Deepak,

Shabnam, Ghosh and Deuti, 2022

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 Checklist of Indian Amphibians with Common names and IUCN conservation status (2023)

A Checklist of Indian Amphibians with Common

names for the country and their IUCN Conservation
Status
K.P. Dinesh1, C. Radhakrishnan2, P. Deepak3 and Nirmal U Kulkarni4
1 Western Regional Centre (WRC), Zoological Survey of India (ZSI), Pune-411044, Maharashtra.
Email: [email protected]
2 33/5267-D, Devika, Golf links Road, Chevayur, Calicut-673 017, Kerala.

3Mount Carmel College, Autonomous; No. 58, Palace Road, Vasanth Nagar, Bengaluru-560052,

Karnataka.
4 Mhadei Research Centre, C/o Hiru Naik Building, Dhuler Mapusa-403507, Goa.

(Last update: January 2023)

BACKGROUND
Systematic documentation of amphibians of India was initiated with the studies of Dutta
(1997), and Das & Dutta (1998) in the end of the 20th century. Following this, amphibian
checklists were compiled by Daniels (2001), Chanda (2002), Daniels (2005) and Dinesh et al.,
(2009a, 2009b, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2020 and 2021) at a regular pace.
Recent years have witnessed agglomeration of molecular studies into classical taxonomy
more in terms of phylogenetics. Accordingly, Frost et al., (2006) changed the entire
classification scheme and higher-level taxonomical treatments into a much simpler way. With
the integration of classical taxonomy and phylogenetic studies many of the molecular level
classifications were adopted in agreement with the ICZN codes. Couple of years back Dubois
et al., (2021) proposed a new system of classification relying on phylogenetic studies with a
few attempts of integrative taxonomic approach, though this scheme of classification was not
completely followed by many of the global amphibian researchers including Amphibian
Species of the World (ASW) global database (Frost 2022).
In view of these, we are taking here a pluralistic method of adopting a few of the proposals
made by Dubois et al., 2021, but largely following Frost, 2022. Besides, for the first time,
common names have been proposed here for the Indian Amphibian species to facilitate easy
amphibian identification at the local (field) scale.
Most of the Indian amphibian species were assessed for Global IUCN Conservation Status
largely between 2004 to 2012 with few species assessments in addition in the recent past
(https://www.iucnredlist.org/). In parallel, Conservation Needs Assessment
(https://www.conservationneeds.org) is attempting to assess the Indian Amphibian species
for identifying priority species for conservation actions.

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IUCN
Sl. No. Systematic Account Indian Common name Conservation
Status#
Class: Amphibia Blainville, 1816

Order: Anura Duméril, 1805

Family: Bufonidae Gray, 1825
Genus: Beduka Dubois, Ohler, and Pyron, 2021 Lateritic Toads
1 Beduka amboli Dubois, Ohler, and Pyron, 2021 Amboli Lateritic Toad CE
2 Beduka koynayensis (Soman, 1963) Koyna Lateritic Toad EN
Genus: Blaira Dubois, Ohler, and Pyron, 2021 Stream Toads
3 Blaira ornata (Günther, 1876) Ornate Stream Toad EN
4 Blaira rubigina (Pillai and Pattabiraman, 1981) Red Stream Toad VU
Genus: Blythophryne Chandramouli, Vasudevan, Bush Toad
Harikrishnan, Dutta, Janani, Sharma, Das, and Aggarwal, 2016
5 Blythophryne beryet Chandramouli, Vasudevan, Harikrishnan, Andaman Bush Toad EN
Dutta, Janani, Sharma, Das, and Aggarwal, 2016
Genus: Bufo Garsault, 1764 Island Toad
6 Bufo gargarizans Cantor, 1842 Chusan Island Toad LC
Genus: Bufoides Pillai and Yazdani, 1973 Hills Toads
7 Bufoides kempi (Boulenger, 1919) Garo Hills Toad DD
8 Bufoides meghalayanus (Yazdani and Chanda, 1971) Khasi Hills Toad EN
Genus: Bufotes Rafinesque, 1815 Asiatic Toad
9 Bufotes latastii (Boulenger, 1882) Middle Asiatic Toad LC
Genus: Duttaphrynus Frost, Grant, Faivovich, Bain, Haas, True Toads
Haddad, de Sá, Channing, Wilkinson, Donnellan,
Raxworthy, Campbell, Blotto, Moler, Drewes, Nussbaum,
Lynch, Green, and Wheeler, 2006
10 Duttaphrynus beddomii (Günther, 1876) Agastyamalai True Toad EN
11 Duttaphrynus bengalensis (Daudin, 1802) Bengal True Toad NA
12 Duttaphrynus brevirostris (Rao, 1937) Rao's Pale Brown True Toad DD
13 Duttaphrynus chandai Das, Chetia, Dutta, and Sengupta, 2013 Nagaland Montane Torrent NA
True Toad
14 Duttaphrynus himalayanus (Günther, 1864) Himalayan True Toad LC
15 Duttaphrynus hololius (Günther, 1876) Günther's True Toad DD
16 Duttaphrynus kiphirensis (Mathew and Sen, 2009) Kiphire's True Toad NA
17 Duttaphrynus mamitensis (Mathew and Sen, 2009) Mamit's True Toad NA
18 Duttaphrynus manipurensis (Mathew and Sen, 2009) Chandel's True Toad NA
19 Duttaphrynus melanostictus (Schneider, 1799) Indian Common True Toad LC
20 Duttaphrynus microtympanum (Boulenger, 1882) Southern Hill True Toad VU
21 Duttaphrynus mizoramensis (Mathew and Sen, 2009) Kolasib's True Toad NA
22 Duttaphrynus nagalandensis (Mathew and Sen, 2009) Nagaland's True Toad NA
23 Duttaphrynus olivaceus (Blanford, 1874) Olive True Toad LC
24 Duttaphrynus parietalis (Boulenger, 1882) Ridged True Toad NT
25 Duttaphrynus peninsularis (Rao, 1920) Peninsular Indian True Toad NA
26 Duttaphrynus scaber (Schneider, 1799) Dwarf True Toad LC
27 Duttaphrynus silentvalleyensis (Pillai, 1981) Silent Valley True Toad DD

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28 Duttaphrynus stomaticus (Lütken, 1864) Marbled True Toad LC

29 Duttaphrynus stuarti (Smith, 1929) Stuart's True Toad DD
30 Duttaphrynus wokhaensis (Mathew and Sen, 2009) Wokha's True Toad NA
Genus: Ingerophrynus Frost, Grant, Faivovich, Bain, Haas, Dwarf Toad
Haddad, de Sá, Channing, Wilkinson, Donnellan,
Raxworthy, Campbell, Blotto, Moler, Drewes, Nussbaum,
Lynch, Green, and Wheeler, 2006
31 Ingerophrynus macrotis (Boulenger, 1887) Big eyed Dwarf Toad LC
Genus: Pedostibes Günther, 1876 Tree Toad
32 Pedostibes tuberculosus Günther, 1876 Western Ghats Tree Toad EN
Family: Ceratobatrachidae Boulenger, 1884
Subfamily: Liuraninae Fei, Ye, and Jiang, 2010
Genus: Liurana Dubois, 1987 Papilla-tongued Frogs
33 Liurana himalayana Saikia and Sinha, 2019 Himalayan Papilla-tongued NA
Frog
34 Liurana indica Saikia and Sinha, 2019 Indian Papilla-tongued Frog NA
35 Liurana medogensis Fei, Ye, and Huang, 1997 Medog Papilla-tongued Frog DD
36 Liurana minuta Saikia and Sinha, 2019 Minute Papilla-tongued Frog NA
Family: Dicroglossidae Anderson, 1871
Subfamily: Dicroglossinae Anderson, 1871
Genus: Allopaa Ohler and Dubois, 2006 Paa Frogs
37 Allopaa barmoachensis (Khan and Tasnim, 1989) Barmoach Paa Frog NA
38 Allopaa hazarensis (Dubois and Khan, 1979) Hazara Paa Frog LC
Genus: Chrysopaa Ohler and Dubois, 2006 Mountain Frog
39 Chrysopaa sternosignata (Murray, 1885) Baluch Mountain Frog LC
Genus: Euphlyctis Fitzinger, 1843 Skipper Frogs
40 Euphlyctis adolfi (Gunther, 1860) Adolf Skipper Frog NA
41 Euphlyctis cyanophlyctis (Schneider, 1799) Indian Skipper Frog LC
42 Euphlyctis jaladhara Dinesh, Channakeshavamurthy, Deepak, Jaladhara Skipper Frog DD
Shabnam, Ghosh, and Deuti, 2022
Genus: Fejervarya Bolkay, 1915 Rice Frogs
43 Fejervarya jhilmilensis Bahuguna, 2018 Jhilmil Rice Frog NA
44 Fejervarya limnocharis (Gravenhorst, 1829) Indonesian Rice Frog LC
45 Fejervarya moodiei (Taylor, 1920) Northern Crab-eating Rice LC
Frog
46 Fejervarya multistriata (Hallowell, 1861) Hong Kong Rice Frog DD
47 Fejervarya orissaensis (Dutta, 1997) Orissa Rice Frog LC
Genus: Hoplobatrachus Peters, 1863 Bull Frogs
48 Hoplobatrachus crassus (Jerdon, 1853) Jerdon’s Bull Frog LC
49 Hoplobatrachus litoralis Hasan, Kuramoto, Islam, Alam, Khan, Bangladesh Bull Frog LC
and Sumida, 2012
50 Hoplobatrachus tigerinus (Daudin, 1802) Indian Bull Frog LC
Genus: Limnonectes Fitzinger, 1843 Fanged Frogs
51 Limnonectes ghoshi (Chanda, 1991) Ghosh’s Fanged Frog DD
52 Limnonectes khasianus (Anderson, 1871) Khasia Fanged Frog LC
53 Limnonectes mawlyndipi (Chanda, 1990) Mawlindip Fanged Frog DD
54 Limnonectes shompenorum Das, 1996 Shompen Fanged Frog LC

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Genus: Minervarya Dubois, Ohler, and Biju, 2001 Cricket Frogs

55 Minervarya agricola (Jerdon, 1853) Granular Cricket Frog NA
56 Minervarya andamanensis (Stoliczka, 1870) Andamanese Cricket Frog LC
57 Minervarya asmati (Howlader, 2011) Bangladeshi Cricket Frog NA
58 Minervarya brevipalmata (Peters, 1871) South Indian Cricket Frog DD
59 Minervarya cepfi (Garg and Biju, 2017) Cepf Cricket Frog NA
60 Minervarya charlesdarwini (Das, 1998) Darwin’s Cricket Frog CE
61 Minervarya chilapata Ohler, Deuti, Grosjean, Paul, Ayyaswamy, Chilapata White Lipped DD
Ahmed, and Dutta, 2009 Cricket Frog
62 Minervarya goemchi (Dinesh, Kulkarni, Swamy, and Deepak, Goa Cricket Frog DD
2018)
63 Minervarya gomantaki (Dinesh, Vijayakumar, Gomantak White Lipped NA
Channakeshavamurthy, Torsekar, Kulkarni, and Shanker, 2015) Cricket Frog
64 Minervarya kadar (Garg and Biju, 2017) Kadar Cricket Frog NA
65 Minervarya kalinga (Raj, Dinesh, Das, Dutta, Kar, and Kalinga Rice Frog DD
Mohapatra, 2018)
66 Minervarya keralensis (Dubois, 1981) Kerala Cricket Frog LC
67 Minervarya krishnan (Raj, Dinesh, Das, Dutta, Kar, and Krishnan’s White Lipped DD
Mohapatra, 2018) Cricket Frog
68 Minervarya manoharani (Garg and Biju, 2017) Manoharan Cricket Frog NA
69 Minervarya marathi (Phuge, Dinesh, Andhale, Bhakare, and Marathi Cricket Frog DD
Pandit, 2019)
70 Minervarya mysorensis (Rao, 1922) Mysore Cricket Frog DD
71 Minervarya neilcoxi (Garg and Biju, 2017) Neilcoxi Cricket Frog NA
72 Minervarya nepalensis (Dubois, 1975) Nepal Cricket Frog LC
73 Minervarya nicobariensis (Stoliczka, 1870) Nicobar Cricket Frog EN
74 Minervarya nilagirica (Jerdon, 1853) Nilagiri Cricket Frog EN
75 Minervarya pentali Garg and Biju, 2021 Pental’s Cricket Frog NA
76 Minervarya pierrei (Dubois, 1975) Pierrei Cricket Frog LC
77 Minervarya rufescens (Jerdon, 1853) Rufescens Cricket Frog LC
78 Minervarya sahyadris Dubois, Ohler, and Biju, 2001 Sahyadri White Lipped Cricket EN
Frog
79 Minervarya sengupti (Purkayastha and Matsui, 2012) Sengupta’s Cricket Frog NA
80 Minervarya syhadrensis (Annandale, 1919) Syhadry Cricket Frog LC
81 Minervarya teraiensis (Dubois, 1984) Terai Cricket Frog LC
Genus: Nanorana Günther, 1896 Hill Frogs
82 Nanorana annandalii (Boulenger, 1920) Annandale's Hill Frog NT
83 Nanorana arnoldi (Dubois, 1975) Arnold's Hill Frog DD
84 Nanorana arunachalensis (Saikia, Sinha, and Kharkongor, 2017) Arunachal Hill Frog VU
85 Nanorana blanfordii (Boulenger, 1882) Blandford Hill Frog LC
86 Nanorana chayuensis (Ye, 1977) Chayu Hill Frog NA
87 Nanorana conaensis (Fei and Huang, 1981) Cona Hill Frog DD
88 Nanorana gammii (Anderson, 1871) Gammi Hill Frog NA
89 Nanorana liebigii (Günther, 1860) Liebig Hill Frog LC
90 Nanorana minica (Dubois, 1975) Small Hill Frog LC
91 Nanorana mokokchungensis (Das and Chanda, 2000) Mokokchung Hill Frog DD

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92 Nanorana vicina (Stoliczka, 1872) Himalayan Hill Frog LC

Genus: Ombrana Dubois, 1992 Circular-flapped Frog
93 Ombrana sikimensis (Jerdon, 1870) Sikkimese Circular-flapped LC
Frog
Genus: Phrynoderma Fitzinger, 1843 Pond Frogs
94 Phrynoderma aloysii Joshy, Alam, Kurabayashi, Sumida, and Aloysi Pond Frog NA
Kuramoto, 2009
95 Phrynoderma hexadactylum (Lesson, 1834) Green Pond Frog LC
96 Phrynoderma karaavali Priti, Naik, Seshadri, Singal, Vidisha, Karaavali Pond Frog EN
Ravikanth, and Gururaja, 2016
97 Phrynoderma kerala Dinesh, Channakeshavamurthy, Deepak, Kerala Pond Frog DD
Ghosh, and Deuti, 2021
Genus: Sphaerotheca Günther, 1859 Burrowing Frogs
98 Sphaerotheca bengaluru Deepak, Dinesh, Ohler, Shanker, Bengaluru Burrowing Frog DD
Channakeshavamurthy, and Ashadevi, 2020
99 Sphaerotheca breviceps (Schneider, 1799) Carnatic Burrowing Frog LC
100 Sphaerotheca dobsonii (Boulenger, 1882) Dobson's Burrowing Frog LC
101 Sphaerotheca leucorhynchus (Rao, 1937) Wattakole Burrowing Frog DD
102 Sphaerotheca maskeyi (Schleich and Anders, 1998) Maskeyi Burrowing Frog LC
103 Sphaerotheca pluvialis (Jerdon, 1853) Carnatic Burrowing Frog NA
104 Sphaerotheca swani (Myers and Leviton, 1956) Swani Burrowing Frog DD
Subfamily: Occidozyginae Fei, Ye, and Huang, 1990
Genus: Ingerana Dubois, 1987 Trickle Frog
105 Ingerana borealis (Annandale, 1912) Arunachal Trickle Frog LC
Genus: Occidozyga Kuhl and Van Hasselt, 1822 Puddle Frog
106 Occidozyga lima (Gravenhorst, 1829) Gray-green Puddle Frog LC
Family: Hylidae Rafinesque, 1815
Subfamily: Hylinae Rafinesque, 1815
Genus: Hyla Laurenti, 1768 Hylid Frog
107 Hyla annectans (Jerdon, 1870) Indian Hylid Frog LC
Family: Megophryidae Bonaparte, 1850
Subfamily: Leptobrachiinae Dubois, 1980
Genus: Leptobrachella Smith, 1925 Slender-armed Frogs
108 Leptobrachella khasiorum (Das, Tron, Rangad, and Hooroo, Khasi Slender-armed Frog CE
2010)
109 Leptobrachella lateralis (Anderson, 1871) Nagaland Slender-armed Frog NA
110 Leptobrachella nokrekensis (Mathew and Sen, 2010) Nokrek's Slender-armed Frog NA
111 Leptobrachella tamdil (Sengupta, Sailo, Lalremsanga, Das, and Tamdil Slender-armed Frog NA
Das, 2010)
Genus: Leptobrachium Tschudi, 1838 Litter Toads
112 Leptobrachium bompu Sondhi and Ohler, 2011 Bompu Litter Toad LC
113 Leptobrachium rakhinense Wogan, 2012 Rakhine Litter Toad EN
114 Leptobrachium smithi Matsui, Nabhitabhata, and Panha, 1999 Smith's Litter Toad LC
115 Leptobrachium sylheticum Al-Razi, Maria, and Poyarkov, 2021 Sylhet Litter Toad NA
Genus: Scutiger Theobald, 1868 Spade Foot Frogs
116 Scutiger boulengeri (Bedriaga, 1898) Xizang Alpine Spade Foot Frog LC
117 Scutiger occidentalis Dubois, 1978 Ladakh Spade Foot Frog LC

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118 Scutiger sikimmensis (Blyth, 1855) Sikkim Spade Foot Frog LC

119 Scutiger spinosus Jiang, Wang, Li, and Che, 2016 Spiny Spade Foot Frog CE
Subfamily: Megophryinae (Bonaparte, 1850)
Genus: Boulenophrys Fei, Ye, and Jiang, 2016 Horned Toad
120 Boulenophrys minor (Stejneger, 1926) Lesser Horned Toad LC
Genus: Xenophrys Günther, 1864 Horned Frogs
121 Xenophrys ancrae (Mahony, Teeling, and Biju, 2013) Namdapha Horned Frog NA
122 Xenophrys awuh (Mahony, Kamei, Teeling, and Biju, 2020) Naga Hills Horned Frog NA
123 Xenophrys dzukou (Mahony, Kamei, Teeling, and Biju, 2020) Dzü kou Valley Horned Frog NA
124 Xenophrys flavipunctata (Mahony, Kamei, Teeling, and Biju, Yellow Spotted Horned Frog NA
2018)
125 Xenophrys himalayana (Mahony, Kamei, Teeling, and Biju, Himalayan Horned Frog NA
2018)
126 Xenophrys major (Boulenger, 1908) Greater Stream Horned Frog LC
127 Xenophrys maosonensis (Bourret, 1937) Maoson Horned Frog DD
128 Xenophrys megacephala (Mahony, Sengupta, Kamei, and Biju, Big Headed Horned Frog NA
2011)
129 Xenophrys monticola Günther, 1864 Mountain Horned Frog NA
130 Xenophrys numhbumaeng (Mahony, Kamei, Teeling, and Biju, Tamenglong Horned Frog NA
2020)
131 Xenophrys oreocrypta (Mahony, Kamei, Teeling, and Biju, 2018) Garo White-lipped Horned NA
Frog
132 Xenophrys oropedion (Mahony, Teeling, and Biju, 2013) Little Meghalayan Horned NA
Frog
133 Xenophrys pachyproctus (Huang, 1981) Medog Horned Toad DD
134 Xenophrys periosa (Mahony, Kamei, Teeling, and Biju, 2018) Giant Himalayan Horned Frog NA
135 Xenophrys robusta (Boulenger, 1908) Robust Horned Frog DD
136 Xenophrys serchhipii Mathew and Sen, 2007 Common Warty Horned Frog DD
137 Xenophrys vegrandis (Mahony, Teeling, Biju, 2013) Arunachal Horned Frog NA
138 Xenophrys zunhebotoensis Mathew and Sen, 2007 Zunheboto Horned Frog DD
Family: Micrixalidae Dubois, Ohler, and Biju, 2001
Genus: Micrixalus Boulenger, 1888 Torrential Frogs
139 Micrixalus adonis Biju, Garg, Gururaja, Shouche, and Walujkar, Beautiful Torrent Frog NA
2014
140 Micrixalus candidus Biju, Garg, Gururaja, Shouche, and White-Cheeked Torrent Frog EN
Walujkar, 2014
141 Micrixalus elegans (Rao, 1937) Elegant Torrent Frog DD
142 Micrixalus frigidus Biju, Garg, Gururaja, Shouche, and Walujkar, Eravikulam Torrent Frog NA
2014
143 Micrixalus fuscus (Boulenger, 1882) Dusky Torrent Frog NT
144 Micrixalus gadgili Pillai and Pattabiraman, 1990 Gadgil's Torrent Frog EN
145 Micrixalus herrei Myers, 1942 Kallar Torrent Frog NA
146 Micrixalus kodayari Biju, Garg, Gururaja, Shouche, and Kodayar Torrent Frog NA
Walujkar, 2014
147 Micrixalus kottigeharensis (Rao, 1937) Kottigehar Torrent Frog CE
148 Micrixalus kurichiyari Biju, Garg, Gururaja, Shouche, and Kurichiyarmala Torrent Frog NA
Walujkar, 2014
149 Micrixalus mallani Biju, Garg, Gururaja, Shouche, and Walujkar, Pandimotta Torrent Frog NA
2014

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150 Micrixalus nelliyampathi Biju, Garg, Gururaja, Shouche, and Nelliyampathi Torrent Frog VU
Walujkar, 2014
151 Micrixalus nigraventris Biju, Garg, Gururaja, Shouche, and Black-bellied Torrent Frog NA
Walujkar, 2014
152 Micrixalus niluvasei Biju, Garg, Gururaja, Shouche, and Niluvase Torrent Frog NA
Walujkar, 2014
153 Micrixalus nudis Pillai, 1978 Kurichiat Torrent Frog VU
154 Micrixalus phyllophilus (Jerdon, 1853) Pink-thighed Torrent Frog VU
155 Micrixalus sairandhri Biju, Garg, Gururaja, Shouche, and Sairandhri Torrent Frog NA
Walujkar, 2014
156 Micrixalus sali Biju, Garg, Gururaja, Shouche, and Walujkar, Ponmudi Torrent Frog NA
2014
157 Micrixalus saxicola (Jerdon, 1853) Wayanad Torrent Frog VU
158 Micrixalus silvaticus (Boulenger, 1882) Forest Torrent Frog DD
159 Micrixalus specca Biju, Garg, Gururaja, Shouche, and Walujkar, Spotted Torrent Frog NA
2014
160 Micrixalus spelunca Biju, Garg, Gururaja, Shouche, and Nilgiris Torrent Frog NA
Walujkar, 2014
161 Micrixalus thampii Pillai, 1981 Silent Valley Torrent Frog DD
162 Micrixalus uttaraghati Biju, Garg, Gururaja, Shouche, and Amboli Torrent Frog NA
Walujkar, 2014
Family: Microhylidae Günther, 1858 (1843)
Subfamily: Kalophryninae Mivart, 1869
Genus: Kalophrynus Tschudi, 1838 Sticky Frog
163 Kalophrynus orangensis Dutta, Ahmed, and Das, 2000 Indian Striped Sticky Frog LC
Subfamily: Melanobatrachinae Noble, 1931
Genus: Melanobatrachus Beddome, 1878 Indian Microhylid
164 Melanobatrachus indicus Beddome, 1878 Orange Black Indian VU
Microhylid
Subfamily: Microhylinae Günther, 1858 (1843)
Genus: Kaloula Gray, 1831 Painted Frogs
165 Kaloula assamensis Das, Sengupta, Ahmed, and Dutta, 2005 Assam Painted Frog LC
166 Kaloula ghoshi Cherchi, 1954 Brown Painted Frog VU
167 Kaloula pulchra Gray, 1831 Beautiful Painted Frog LC
Genus: Microhyla Tschudi, 1838 Chorus Frogs
168 Microhyla berdmorei (Blyth, 1856) Berdmore's Chorus Frog LC
169 Microhyla butleri Boulenger, 1900 Butler's Chorus Frog LC
170 Microhyla chakrapanii Pillai, 1977 Chakrapani's Chorus Frog DD
171 Microhyla darreli Garg, Suyesh, Das, Jiang, Wijayathilaka, Darrel's Chorus Frog NA
Amarasinghe, Alhadi, Vineeth, Aravind, Senevirathne,
Meegaskumbura, and Biju, 2019
172 Microhyla eos Biju, Garg, Kamei, and Maheswaran, 2019 Arunachal Chorus Frog DD
173 Microhyla kodial Vineeth, Radhakrishna, Godwin, Anwesha, Mangaluru Chorus Frog DD
Rajashekhar, and Aravind, 2018
174 Microhyla laterite Seshadri, Singal, Priti, Ravikanth, Vidisha, Laterite Chorus Frog EN
Saurabh, Pratik, and Gururaja, 2016
175 Microhyla mukhlesuri Hasan, Islam, Kuramoto, Kurabayashi, Mukhlesuri's Chorus Frog NA
and Sumida, 2014
176 Microhyla mymensinghensis Hasan, Islam, Kuramoto, Mymensingh Chorus Frog NA
Kurabayashi, and Sumida, 2014

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177 Microhyla nakkavaram Garg, Sivaperuman, Gokulakrishnan, Nicobarese Chorus Frog NA

Chandramouli, and Biju, 2022
178 Microhyla nilphamariensis Howlader, Nair, Gopalan, and Merilä, Nilphamarai Chorus Frog NA
2015
179 Microhyla ornata (Duméril and Bibron, 1841) Ornamented Chorus Frog LC
180 Microhyla rubra (Jerdon, 1853) Red Chorus Frog LC
181 Microhyla sholigari Dutta and Ray, 2000 Sholiga Chorus Frog EN
Genus: Micryletta Dubois, 1987 Paddy Frogs
182 Micryletta aishani Das, Garg, Hamidy, Smith, and Biju, 2019 Northeast Indian Paddy Frog DD
183 Micryletta inornata (Boulenger, 1890) Deli Paddy Frog LC
Genus: Mysticellus Garg and Biju, 2019 Narrow-mouthed Frog
184 Mysticellus franki Garg and Biju, 2019 Spotted Narrow-mouthed NA
Frog
Genus: Uperodon Duméril and Bibron, 1841 Balloon Frogs
185 Uperodon anamalaiensis (Rao, 1937) Anamalai Balloon Frog DD
186 Uperodon globulosus (Günther, 1864) Indian Balloon Frog LC
187 Uperodon montanus (Jerdon, 1853) Mountain Balloon Frog NT
188 Uperodon mormoratus (Rao, 1937) Mottled Balloon Frog EN
189 Uperodon systoma (Schneider, 1799) Marbled Balloon Frog LC
190 Uperodon taprobanicus (Parker, 1934) Painted Balloon Frog LC
191 Uperodon triangularis (Günther, 1876) Triangle-spotted Balloon Frog VU
192 Uperodon variegatus (Stoliczka, 1872) Variegated Balloon Frog LC
Family: Nasikabatrachidae Biju and Bossuyt, 2003
Genus: Nasikabatrachus Biju and Bossuyt, 2003 Pig-nosed Frogs
193 Nasikabatrachus bhupathi Janani, Vasudevan, Prendini, Dutta, Purvi Pig-nosed Frog CE
and Aggarwal, 2017
194 Nasikabatrachus sahyadrensis Biju and Bossuyt, 2003 Pashchi Pig-nosed Frog NT
Family: Nyctibatrachidae Blommers-Schlösser, 1993
Subfamily: Astrobatrachinae Vijayakumar, Pyron, Dinesh,
Torsekar, Srikanthan, Swamy, Stanley, Blackburn, and
Shanker, 2019
Genus: Astrobatrachus Vijayakumar, Pyron, Dinesh, Dwarf Triangle Disk Frog
Torsekar, Srikanthan, Swamy, Stanley, Blackburn, and
Shanker, 2019
195 Astrobatrachus kurichiyana Vijayakumar, Pyron, Dinesh, Starry Dwarf Triangle Disk DD
Torsekar, Srikanthan, Swamy, Stanley, Blackburn, and Shanker, Frog
2019
Genus: Nyctibatrachus Boulenger, 1882 Wrinkled Frogs
196 Nyctibatrachus acanthodermis Biju, Van Bocxlaer, Mahony, Spinular Wrinkled Frog NA
Dinesh, Radhakrishnan, Zachariah, Giri, and Bossuyt, 2011
197 Nyctibatrachus aliciae Inger, Shaffer, Koshy, and Bakde, 1984 Alicia's Wrinkled Frog EN
198 Nyctibatrachus anamallaiensis (Myers, 1942) Anamalai Wrinkled Frog NA
199 Nyctibatrachus athirappillyensis Garg, Suyesh, Sukesan, and Athirappilly Wrinkled Frog DD
Biju, 2017
200 Nyctibatrachus beddomii (Boulenger, 1882) Beddome's Wrinkled Frog EN
201 Nyctibatrachus danieli Biju, Van Bocxlaer, Mahony, Dinesh, Daniel's Wrinkled Frog EN
Radhakrishnan, Zachariah, Giri, and Bossuyt, 2011
202 Nyctibatrachus dattatreyaensis Dinesh, Radhakrishnan, and Dattatreya Wrinkled Frog CE
Bhatta, 2008

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203 Nyctibatrachus deccanensis Dubois, 1984 Eravikulam Wrinkled Frog VU

204 Nyctibatrachus deveni Biju, Van Bocxlaer, Mahony, Dinesh, Deven's Wrinkled Frog NA
Radhakrishnan, Zachariah, Giri, and Bossuyt, 2011
205 Nyctibatrachus gavi Biju, Van Bocxlaer, Mahony, Dinesh, Gavi Wrinkled Frog NA
Radhakrishnan, Zachariah, Giri, and Bossuyt, 2011
206 Nyctibatrachus grandis Biju, Van Bocxlaer, Mahony, Dinesh, Wayanad Wrinkled Frog NA
Radhakrishnan, Zachariah, Giri, and Bossuyt, 2011
207 Nyctibatrachus humayuni Bhaduri and Kripalani, 1955 Humayun's Wrinkled Frog VU
208 Nyctibatrachus indraneili Biju, Van Bocxlaer, Mahony, Dinesh, Indraneil's Wrinkled Frog NA
Radhakrishnan, Zachariah, Giri, and Bossuyt, 2011
209 Nyctibatrachus jog Biju, Van Bocxlaer, Mahony, Dinesh, Jog Wrinkled Frog NA
Radhakrishnan, Zachariah, Giri, and Bossuyt, 2011
210 Nyctibatrachus karnatakaensis Dinesh, Radhakrishnan, Kudremukh Wrinkled Frog EN
Manjunatha Reddy, and Gururaja, 2007
211 Nyctibatrachus kempholeyensis (Rao, 1937) Kempholey Wrinkled Frog DD
212 Nyctibatrachus kumbara Gururaja, Dinesh, Priti, and Ravikanth, Kumbara Wrinkled Frog NA
2014
213 Nyctibatrachus major Boulenger, 1882 Travancore Wrinkled Frog VU
214 Nyctibatrachus manalari Garg, Suyesh, Sukesan, and Biju, 2017 Manalar Wrinkled Frog DD
215 Nyctibatrachus mewasinghi Krutha, Dahanukar, and Molur, Peruvannamuzhi Wrinkled NA
2017 Frog
216 Nyctibatrachus minimus Biju, Van Bocxlaer, Giri, Roelants, Miniature Wrinkled Frog DD
Nagaraju, and Bossuyt, 2007
217 Nyctibatrachus minor Inger, Shaffer, Koshy, and Bakde, 1984 Ponmudi Wrinkled Frog EN
218 Nyctibatrachus periyar Biju, Van Bocxlaer, Mahony, Dinesh, Periyar Wrinkled Frog NA
Radhakrishnan, Zachariah, Giri, and Bossuyt, 2011
219 Nyctibatrachus petraeus Das and Kunte, 2005 Castle Rock Wrinkled Frog NT
220 Nyctibatrachus pillaii Biju, Van Bocxlaer, Mahony, Dinesh, Kakachi Wrinkled Frog NA
Radhakrishnan, Zachariah, Giri, and Bossuyt, 2011
221 Nyctibatrachus poocha Biju, Van Bocxlaer, Mahony, Dinesh, Meowing Wrinkled Frog NA
Radhakrishnan, Zachariah, Giri, and Bossuyt, 2011
222 Nyctibatrachus pulivijayani Garg, Suyesh, Sukesan, and Biju, Pandipath Wrinkled Frog DD
2017
223 Nyctibatrachus radcliffei Garg, Suyesh, Sukesan, and Biju, 2017 Thiashola Wrinkled Frog DD
224 Nyctibatrachus robinmoorei Garg, Suyesh, Sukesan, and Biju, Tirunelveli Wrinkled Frog DD
2017
225 Nyctibatrachus sabarimalai Garg, Suyesh, Sukesan, and Biju, Sabarimala Wrinkled Frog DD
2017
226 Nyctibatrachus sanctipalustris Rao, 1920 Brahmagiri Wrinkled Frog EN
227 Nyctibatrachus shiradi Biju, Van Bocxlaer, Mahony, Dinesh, Shiradi Wrinkled Frog NA
Radhakrishnan, Zachariah, Giri, and Bossuyt, 2011
228 Nyctibatrachus sylvaticus Rao, 1937 Sakleshpur Wrinkled Frog DD
229 Nyctibatrachus tunga Pavan Kumar, Vishwajith, Anisha, Tunga Wrinkled Frog NA
Dayananda, Gururaja, and Priti, 2022
230 Nyctibatrachus vasanthi Ravichandran, 1997 Kalakad Wrinkled Frog EN

231 Nyctibatrachus vrijeuni Biju, Van Bocxlaer, Mahony, Dinesh, Sugantha-giri Wrinkled Frog NA
Radhakrishnan, Zachariah, Giri, and Bossuyt, 2011
232 Nyctibatrachus webilla Garg, Suyesh, Sukesan, and Biju, 2017 Kadalar Wrinkled Frog DD
Family: Ranidae Batsch, 1796
Genus: Amolops Cope, 1865 Cascade Frogs
233 Amolops adicola Patel, Garg, Das, Stuart, and Biju, 2021 Adi Cascade Frog NA
234 Amolops aniqiaoensis Dong, Rao, and Lü, 2005 Aniqiao Cascade Frog VU

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235 Amolops assamensis Sengupta, Hussain, Choudhury, Gogoi, Assam Cascade Frog Cascade DD
Ahmed, and Choudhury, 2008 Frog
236 Amolops chakrataensis Ray, 1992 Chakrata Cascade Frog DD
237 Amolops formosus (Günther, 1876) Khasi Hill Cascade Frog LC
238 Amolops gerbillus (Annandale, 1912) Abor foot-hill Cascade Frog LC
239 Amolops himalayanus (Boulenger, 1888) Himalayan Cascade Frog NA
240 Amolops indoburmanensis Dever, Fuiten, Konu, and Wilkinson, Indoburman Cascade Frog NA
2012
241 Amolops jaunsari Ray, 1992 Jaunsar Cascade Frog DD
242 Amolops kohimaensis Biju, Mahony, and Kamei, 2010 Kohima Cascade Frog DD
243 Amolops marmoratus (Blyth, 1855) Marbled Cascade Frog LC
244 Amolops monticola (Anderson, 1871) Mountain Cascade Frog LC
245 Amolops nidorbellus Biju, Mahony, and Kamei, 2010 Spotted Stinky Cascade Frog DD
246 Amolops senchalensis Chanda, 1986 Senchal Cascade Frog NA
247 Amolops viridimaculatus (Jiang, 1983) Splendid Cascade Frog LC
Genus: Clinotarsus Mivart, 1869 Forest Frogs
248 Clinotarsus alticola (Boulenger, 1882) Northern Pointed-snout LC
Forest Frog
249 Clinotarsus curtipes (Jerdon, 1853) Bicoloured Forest Frog NT
Genus: Humerana Dubois, 1992 Caped Frog
250 Humerana humeralis (Boulenger, 1887) Northern Caped Frog LC
Genus: Hydrophylax Fitzinger, 1843 Fungoid Frogs
251 Hydrophylax bahuvistara Padhye, Jadhav, Modak, Nameer, and Wide-range Fungoid Frog NA
Dahanukar, 2015
252 Hydrophylax leptoglossa (Cope, 1868) Assam Forest Fungoid Frog LC
253 Hydrophylax malabaricus (Tschudi, 1838) Malabar Fungoid Frog LC
Genus: Hylarana Tschudi, 1838 Copper-back Frogs
254 Hylarana garoensis (Boulenger, 1920) Garo Hills Copper-back Frog LC
255 Hylarana erythraea (Schlegel, 1837) Red-eared Copper-back Frog LC
256 Hylarana tytleri Theobald, 1868 Yellow-striped Copper-back LC
Frog
Genus: Indosylvirana Oliver, Prendini, Kraus, and Golden-back Frogs
Raxworthy, 2015
257 Indosylvirana aurantiaca (Boulenger, 1904) Trivandrum Golden-back Frog VU
258 Indosylvirana caesari (Biju, Garg, Mahony, Wijayathilaka, Uttaraghat Golden-back Frog NA
Senevirathne, and Meegaskumbura, 2014)
259 Indosylvirana doni (Biju, Garg, Mahony, Wijayathilaka, Doni Golden-backed Frog NA
Senevirathne, and Meegaskumbura, 2014)
260 Indosylvirana flavescens (Jerdon, 1853) Yellowish Golden-backed Frog NA
261 Indosylvirana indica (Biju, Garg, Mahony, Wijayathilaka, Indian Golden-backed Frog NA
Senevirathne, and Meegaskumbura, 2014)
262 Indosylvirana intermedia (Rao, 1937) Intermediate Golden-backed NA
Frog
263 Indosylvirana magna (Biju, Garg, Mahony, Wijayathilaka, Large Golden-backed Frog NA
Senevirathne, and Meegaskumbura, 2014)
264 Indosylvirana montana (Rao, 1922) Montane Golden-backed Frog NA
265 Indosylvirana nicobariensis (Stoliczka, 1870) Nicobar Golden-backed Frog LC
266 Indosylvirana sreeni (Biju, Garg, Mahony, Wijayathilaka, Common Golden-backed Frog NA
Senevirathne, and Meegaskumbura, 2014)

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267 Indosylvirana urbis (Biju, Garg, Mahony, Wijayathilaka, Urban Golden-backed Frog NA
Senevirathne, and Megaskumbura, 2014)
Genus: Odorrana Fei, Ye, and Huang, 1990 Copper-cheeked Frogs
268 Odorrana chloronota (Günther, 1876) Chloronata Copper-cheeked LC
Frog
269 Odorrana livida (Blyth, 1856) Green Copper-cheeked Frog DD
270 Odorrana mawphlangensis (Pillai and Chanda, 1977) Mawphlang Copper-cheeked DD
Frog
Genus: Pterorana Kiyasetuo and Khare, 1986 Winged Ranid Frog
271 Pterorana khare Kiyasetuo and Khare, 1986 Khare's Winged Ranid Frog LC
Genus: Sylvirana Dubois, 1992 Wood Frogs
272 Sylvirana lacrima Sheridan and Stuart, 2018 Chin Wood Frog NA
273 Sylvirana nigrovittata (Blyth, 1856) Black-striped Wood Frog LC
Family: Ranixalidae Dubois, 1987
Genus: Indirana Laurent, 1986 Leaping Frogs
274 Indirana beddomii (Günther, 1876) Malabar Leaping Frog LC
275 Indirana bhadrai Garg and Biju, 2016 Bhadra Leaping Frog NA
276 Indirana brachytarsus (Günther, 1876) Short-legged Leaping Frog EN
277 Indirana chiravasi Padhye, Modak, and Dahanukar, 2014 Chiravasi Leaping Frog NA
278 Indirana duboisi Dahanukar, Modak, Krutha, Nameer, Padhye, Karnataka Leaping Frog NA
and Molur, 2016
279 Indirana gundia (Dubois, 1986) Gundia Leaping Frog CE
280 Indirana leithii (Boulenger, 1888) Matherana Leaping Frog VU
281 Indirana longicrus (Rao, 1937) Kempholey Leaping Frog DD
282 Indirana paramakri Garg and Biju, 2016 Suganthagiri Leaping Frog NA
283 Indirana salelkari Modak, Dahanukar, Gosavi, and Padhye, 2015 Netravali Leaping Frog NA
284 Indirana sarojamma Dahanukar, Modak, Krutha, Nameer, Ponmudi Leaping Frog NA
Padhye, and Molur, 2016
285 Indirana semipalmata (Boulenger, 1882) Half-webbed Leaping Frog LC
286 Indirana tysoni Dahanukar, Modak, Krutha, Nameer, Padhye, Ranipuram Leaping Frog NA
and Molur, 2016
287 Indirana yadera Dahanukar, Modak, Krutha, Nameer, Padhye, Vathikudy Leaping Frog NA
and Molur, 2016
Genus: Walkerana Dahanukar, Modak, Krutha, Nameer, Mountain Leaping Frog
Padhye, and Molur, 2016
288 Walkerana diplosticta (Günther, 1876) Spotted Mountain Leaping EN
Frog
289 Walkerana leptodactyla (Boulenger, 1882) Slender-toed Mountain EN
Leaping Frog
290 Walkerana muduga Dinesh, Vijayakumar, Ramesh, Jayarajan, Muduga Mountain Leaping NA
Chandramouli, and Shanker, 2020 Frog
291 Walkerana phrynoderma (Boulenger, 1882) Warty-skinned Mountain CE
Leaping Frog
Family: Rhacophoridae Hoffman, 1932 (1858)
Subfamily: Rhacophorinae Hoffman, 1932 (1858)
Genus: Beddomixalus Abraham, Pyron, Ansil, Zachariah, Foam-nest Tree Frog
and Zachariah, 2013
292 Beddomixalus bijui (Zachariah, Dinesh, Radhakrishnan, Montane Foam-nest Tree Frog NA
Kunhikrishnan, Palot, and Vishnudas, 2011)
Genus: Chirixalus Boulenger, 1893 Pigmy Tree Frogs
293 Chirixalus doriae Boulenger, 1893 Stripe Pigmy Tree Frog LC

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294 Chirixalus dudhwaensis Ray, 1992 Dudhwa Pigmy Tree Frog DD

295 Chirixalus nongkhorensis (Cochran, 1927) Nongkhor Pigmy Tree Frog LC
296 Chirixalus simus Annandale, 1915 Assam Pigmy Tree Frog LC
Genus: Ghatixalus Biju, Roelants, and Bossuyt, 2008 Ghat’s Tree Frogs
297 Ghatixalus asterops Biju, Roelants, and Bossuyt, 2008 Starry eyed Ghat Tree Frog DD
298 Ghatixalus magnus Abraham, Mathew, Cyriac, Zachariah, Raju, Large sized Ghat Tree Frog NA
and Zachariah, 2015
299 Ghatixalus variabilis (Jerdon, 1853) Variable coloured Ghat Tree EN
Frog
Genus: Kurixalus Ye, Fei, and Dubois, 1999 Frill-limbed Tree Frogs
300 Kurixalus appendiculatus (Günther, 1858) Rough Frill-limbed Tree Frog LC
301 Kurixalus naso (Annandale, 1912) Proboscis Frilled-limbed Tree LC
Frog
302 Kurixalus yangi Yu, Hui, Rao, and Yang, 2018 Yang's Frill-limbed Tree Frog NA
Genus: Mercurana Abraham, Pyron, Ansil, Zachariah, and Lowland Tree Frog
Zachariah, 2013
303 Mercurana myristicapalustris Abraham, Pyron, Ansil, Zachariah, Myristica Lowland Tree Frog NA
and Zachariah, 2013
Genus: Nasutixalus Jiang, Yan, Wang, and Che, 2016 Bubble-nest Tree Frog
304 Nasutixalus jerdonii (Günther, 1876) Darjeeling Bubble-nest Tree LC
Frog
Genus: Philautus Gistel, 1848 Shrub Frogs
305 Philautus dubius (Boulenger, 1882) Darjeeling Shrub Frog DD
306 Philautus garo (Boulenger, 1919) Garo hills Shrub Frog DD
307 Philautus kempiae (Boulenger, 1919) Tura Shrub Frog CE
308 Philautus kempii (Annandale, 1912) Upper Rotung Shrub Frog DD
309 Philautus microdiscus (Annandale, 1912) Kobo Shrub Frog CE
310 Philautus namdaphaensis Sarkar and Sanyal, 1985 Namdapha Shrub Frog DD
Genus: Polypedates Tschudi, 1838 Whipping Frogs
311 Polypedates assamensis Mathew and Sen, 2009 Assam Whipping Frog NA
312 Polypedates bengalensis Purkayastha, Das, Mondal, Mitra, and Brown Blotched Whipping NA
Das, 2019 Frog
313 Polypedates braueri (Vogt, 1911) Taiwan Whipping Frog LC
314 Polypedates himalayensis (Annandale, 1912) Himalayan Whipping Frog NA
315 Polypedates insularis Das, 1995 Nicobar Whipping Frog EN
316 Polypedates leucomystax (Gravenhorst, 1829) Common Indian Whipping LC
Frog
317 Polypedates maculatus (Gray, 1830) Big-headed Whipping Frog LC
318 Polypedates megacephalus Hallowell, 1861 Hourglass Whipping Frog LC
319 Polypedates occidentalis Das and Dutta, 2006 Nagercoil Whipping Frog DD
320 Polypedates pseudocruciger Das and Ravichandran, 1998 Subansiri Whipping Frog LC
321 Polypedates subansiriensis Mathew and Sen, 2009 Bengal Whipping Frog NA
322 Polypedates taeniatus (Boulenger, 1906) Taraiensis Whipping Frog LC
323 Polypedates teraiensis (Dubois, 1987) Assam Whipping Frog NA
Genus: Pseudophilautus Laurent, 1943 Brown eared Shrub Frogs
324 Pseudophilautus amboli (Biju and Bossuyt, 2009) Amboli Brown eared Shrub CE
Frog

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325 Pseudophilautus kani (Biju and Bossuyt, 2009) Kani Brown eared Shrub Frog LC
326 Pseudophilautus wynaadensis (Jerdon, 1853) Wynaad Brown eared Shrub EN
Frog
Genus: Raorchestes Biju, Shouche, Dubois, Dutta, and Bush Frogs
Bossuyt, 2010
327 Raorchestes agasthyaensis Zachariah, Dinesh, Kunhikrishnan, Agasthyamalai Bush Frog NT
Das, Raju, Radhakrishnan, Palot, and Kalesh, 2011
328 Raorchestes akroparallagi (Biju and Bossuyt, 2009) Variable coloured Bush Frog LC
329 Raorchestes andersoni (Ahl, 1927) Kakhyen Hill Bush Frog LC
330 Raorchestes anili (Biju and Bossuyt, 2006) Anil's Bush Frog LC
331 Raorchestes annandalii (Boulenger, 1906) Himalayan Bush Frog LC
332 Raorchestes archeos Vijayakumar, Dinesh, Prabhu, and Shanker, Pandipath Bush Frog NA
2014
333 Raorchestes aureus Vijayakumar, Dinesh, Prabhu, and Shanker, Elivalmalai Bush Frog NA
2014
334 Raorchestes beddomii (Günther, 1876) Beddome's Bush Frog LC
335 Raorchestes blandus Vijayakumar, Dinesh, Prabhu, and Shanker, Anaimalai Bush Frog NA
2014
336 Raorchestes bobingeri (Biju and Bossuyt, 2005) Bobinger Bush Frog NT
337 Raorchestes bombayensis (Annandale, 1919) Konkan Bush Frog VU
338 Raorchestes cangyuanensis Wu, Suwannapoom, Xu, Murphy, Cangyuan Bush Frog NA
and Che, 2019
339 Raorchestes chalazodes (Günther, 1876) Chalazodes Bush Frog CE
340 Raorchestes charius (Rao, 1937) Seshachar's Bush Frog EN
341 Raorchestes chlorosomma (Biju and Bossuyt, 2009) Green-eyed Bush Frog EN
342 Raorchestes chotta (Biju and Bossuyt, 2009) Small Bush Frog DD
343 Raorchestes chromasynchysi (Biju and Bossuyt, 2009) Variable Green Bush Frog VU
344 Raorchestes coonoorensis (Biju and Bossuyt, 2009) Coonoor Bush Frog LC
345 Raorchestes crustai Zachariah, Dinesh, Kunhikrishnan, Das, Tree Bark Bush Frog NT
Raju, Radhakrishnan, Palot, and Kalesh, 2011
346 Raorchestes drutaahu Garg, Suyesh, Das, Bee, and Biju, 2021 Fast-calling Bush Frog NA
347 Raorchestes dubois (Biju and Bossuyt, 2006) Koadaikanal Bush Frog VU
348 Raorchestes echinatus Vijayakumar, Dinesh, Prabhu, and Spiny Bush Frog NA
Shanker, 2014
349 Raorchestes flaviocularis Vijayakumar, Dinesh, Prabhu, and Megamalai Bush Frog EN
Shanker, 2014
350 Raorchestes flaviventris (Boulenger, 1882) Yellow-bellied Bush Frog DD
351 Raorchestes ghatei Padhye, Sayyed, Jadhav, and Dahanukar, Ghate's Bush Frog NA
2013
352 Raorchestes glandulosus (Jerdon, 1853) Glandular Bush Frog VU
353 Raorchestes graminirupes (Biju and Bossuyt, 2005) Ponmudi Bush Frog VU
354 Raorchestes griet (Bossuyt, 2002) Munnar Common Bush Frog CE
355 Raorchestes hassanensis (Dutta, 1985) Hassan Bush Frog NA
356 Raorchestes honnametti Gururaja,Priti, Roshmi, and Aravind, Honnametti Bush Frog NT
2016
357 Raorchestes indigo Vijayakumar, Dinesh, Prabhu, and Shanker, Indigo Bush Frog VU
2014
358 Raorchestes jayarami (Biju and Bossuyt, 2009) Jayaram's Bush Frog NA
359 Raorchestes johnceei Zachariah, Dinesh, Kunhikrishnan, Das, Johncee Bush Frog EN
Raju, Radhakrishnan, Palot, and Kalesh, 2011

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360 Raorchestes kadalarensis Zachariah, Dinesh, Kunhikrishnan, Kadalar Bush Frog NA

Das, Raju, Radhakrishnan, Palot, and Kalesh, 2011
361 Raorchestes kaikatti (Biju and Bossuyt, 2009) Kaikatt's Bush Frog CE
362 Raorchestes kakachi Seshadri, Gururaja, and Aravind, 2012 Kakachi Canopy Frog NA
363 Raorchestes kakkayamensis Garg, Suyesh, Das, Bee, and Biju, Kakkayam Bush Frog NA
2021
364 Raorchestes keirasabinae Garg, Suyesh, Das, Bee, and Biju, 2021 Keira’s Bush Frog NA
365 Raorchestes kollimalai Gowande, Ganesh, and Mirza, 2020 Kollimalai Bush Frog NA
366 Raorchestes lechiya Zachariah, Cyriac, Chandramohan, Ansil, Sispara Bush Frog NA
Mathew, Raju, and Abraham, 2016
367 Raorchestes leucolatus Vijayakumar, Dinesh, Prabhu, and White groin Bush Frog NA
Shanker, 2014
368 Raorchestes luteolus (Kuramoto and Joshy, 2003) Blue eyed Yellow Bush Frog LC
369 Raorchestes manipurensis (Mathew and Sen, 2009) Leimatak's Bush Frog NA
370 Raorchestes manohari Zachariah, Dinesh, Kunhikrishnan, Das, Manoharan's Bush Frog EN
Raju, Radhakrishnan, Palot, and Kalesh, 2011
371 Raorchestes marki (Biju and Bossuyt, 2009) Mark's Bush Frog CE
372 Raorchestes munnarensis (Biju and Bossuyt, 2009) Munnar Canopy Bush Frog EN
373 Raorchestes nerostagona (Biju and Bossuyt, 2005) Water droplet call Canopy EN
Bush Frog
374 Raorchestes ochlandrae (Gururaja, Dinesh, Palot, Reed Bush Frog LC
Radhakrishnan, and Ramachandra, 2007)
375 Raorchestes ponmudi (Biju and Bossuyt, 2005) Ponmudi Canopy Bush Frog LC
376 Raorchestes primarrumpfi Vijayakumar, Dinesh, Prabhu, and Nilgiri grassland Bush Frog CE
Shanker, 2014
377 Raorchestes ravii Zachariah, Dinesh, Kunhikrishnan, Das, Raju, Naduvattam Bush Frog NA
Radhakrishnan, Palot, and Kalesh, 2011
378 Raorchestes resplendens Biju, Shouche, Dubois, Dutta, and Eravikulam Bush Frog CE
Bossuyt, 2010
379 Raorchestes rezakhani Al-Razi, Maria, and Muzaffar, 2020 Lawachara Bush Frog DD
380 Raorchestes sahai (Sarkar and Ray, 2006) Gandhigram Bush Frog DD
381 Raorchestes sanctisilvaticus (Das and Chanda, 1997) Sacred Grove Bush Frog CE
382 Raorchestes sanjappai Garg, Suyesh, Das, Bee, and Biju, 2021 Periya Bush Frog NA
383 Raorchestes shillongensis (Pillai and Chanda, 1973) Shillong Bush Frog CE
384 Raorchestes signatus (Boulenger, 1882) Cross-backed Nilgiri Bush frog EN
385 Raorchestes silentvalley Zachariah, Cyriac, Chandramohan, Silent Valley Bush Frog NA
Ansil, Mathew, Raju, and Abraham, 2016
386 Raorchestes sushili (Biju and Bossuyt, 2009) Andiparai Shola Bush Frog CE
387 Raorchestes theuerkaufi Zachariah, Dinesh, Kunhikrishnan, Das, Theuerkauf's Bush Frog EN
Raju, Radhakrishnan, Palot, and Kalesh, 2011
388 Raorchestes thodai Zachariah, Dinesh, Kunhikrishnan, Das, Raju, Thoda Bush Frog NA
Radhakrishnan, Palot, and Kalesh, 2011
389 Raorchestes tinniens (Jerdon, 1853) Tinkling Nilgiri Bush Frog EN
390 Raorchestes travancoricus (Boulenger, 1891) Travancore Bush Frog EN
391 Raorchestes tuberohumerus (Kuramoto and Joshy, 2003) Balck belly Bush Frog LC
392 Raorchestes uthamani Zachariah, Dinesh, Kunhikrishnan, Das, Utham's Bush Frog NA
Raju, Radhakrishnan, Palot, and Kalesh, 2011
393 Raorchestes vellikkannan Garg, Suyesh, Das, Bee, and Biju, 2021 Siruvani Bush Frog NA
Genus: Rhacophorus Kuhl and Van Hasselt, 1822 Tree Frogs
394 Rhacophorus bipunctatus Ahl, 1927 Double-spotted Tree Frog LC

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395 Rhacophorus calcadensis Ahl, 1927 Kalakkad Tree Frog EN

396 Rhacophorus lateralis Boulenger, 1883 Double banded small Tree VU
Frog
397 Rhacophorus malabaricus Jerdon, 1870 Malabar Gliding Tree Frog LC
398 Rhacophorus pseudomalabaricus Vasudevan and Dutta, 2000 Anaimalai Tree Frog VU
399 Rhacophorus rhodopus Liu and Hu, 1960 Namdapha's Tree Frog LC
400 Rhacophorus subansiriensis Mathew and Sen, 2009 Subansiri Tree Frog NA
401 Rhacophorus translineatus Wu, 1977 Translneate Tree Frog NT
402 Rhacophorus tuberculatus (Anderson, 1871) Tuberculate Tree Frog DD
Genus: Rohanixalus Biju, Garg, Gokulakrishnan, Bubble-nest Frogs
Chandrakasan, Thammachoti, Ren, Gopika, Bisht, Hamidy
and Shouche, 2020
403 Rohanixalus senapatiensis (Mathew and Sen, 2009) Senapti's Bubble-nest Frog NA
404 Rohanixalus shyamrupus (Chanda and Ghosh, 1989) Shyamrup's Bubble-nest Frog DD
405 Rohanixalus vittatus (Boulenger, 1887) Two-striped Bubble-nest Frog LC
Genus: Theloderma Tschudi, 1838 Warty Tree Frogs
406 Theloderma baibungense (Jiang, Fei, and Huang, 2009) Baibung Warty Tree Frog LC
407 Theloderma moloch (Annandale, 1912) Arunachal Warty Tree Frog LC
408 Theloderma nagalandense Orlov, Dutta, Ghate, and Kent, 2006 Nagaland Warty Tree Frog DD
Genus: Zhangixalus Li, Jiang, Ren, and Jiang, 2019 Flying Frogs
409 Zhangixalus burmanus (Andersson, 1939) Burma Flying Frog NA
410 Zhangixalus smaragdinus (Blyth, 1852) Emerald Flying Frog NA
411 Zhangixalus suffry (Bordoloi, Bortamuli, and Ohler, 2007) Suffry Red-webbed Flying LC
Frog
Order: Urodela Duméril, 1805
Family: Salamandridae Goldfuss, 1820
Subfamily: Pleurodelinae Tschudi, 1838
Genus: Tylototriton Anderson, 1871 Crocodile Newts
412 Tylototriton himalayanus Khatiwada, Wang, Ghimire, Himalayan Crocodile Newt VU
Vasudevan, Paudel, and Jiang, 2015
413 Tylototriton verrucosus Anderson, 1871 Verrucose Crocodile Newt NT
Order: Gymnophiona Rafinesque, 1814
Family: Chikilidae Kamei, San Mauro, Gower, Van Bocxlaer,
Sherratt, Thomas, Babu, Bossuyt, Wilkinson, and Biju, 2012
Genus: Chikila Kamei, San Mauro, Gower, Van Bocxlaer, Chikila Caecilians
Sherratt, Thomas, Babu, Bossuyt, Wilkinson, and Biju, 2012
414 Chikila alcocki Kamei, Gower, Wilkinson, and Biju, 2013 Alcock’s Chikila Caecilian LC
415 Chikila darlong Kamei, Gower, Wilkinson, and Biju, 2013 Darlong Chikila Caecilian DD
416 Chikila fulleri (Alcock, 1904) Fuller's Chikila Caecilian DD
417 Chikila gaiduwani Kamei, Gower, Wilkinson, and Biju, 2013 Gaiduwan's Chikila Caecilian LC
Family: Grandisoniidae Lescure, Renous, and Gasc, 1986
Genus: Gegeneophis Peters, 1880 Blind Caecilians
418 Gegeneophis carnosus (Beddome, 1870) Periah Peak Blind Caecilian DD
419 Gegeneophis danieli Giri, Wilkinson, and Gower, 2003 Daniel's Blind Caecilian DD
420 Gegeneophis goaensis Bhatta, Dinesh, Prashanth, and Kulkarni, Keri Blind Caecilian DD
2007
421 Gegeneophis krishni Pillai and Ravichandran, 1999 Gurupur Blind Caecilian DD

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422 Gegeneophis madhavai Bhatta and Srinivasa, 2004 DD

Mudur Blind Caecilian
423 Gegeneophis mhadeiensis Bhatta, Dinesh, Prashanth, and Mhadei Blind Caecilian DD
Kulkarni, 2007
424 Gegeneophis orientalis Agarwal, Wilkinson, Mohapatra, Dutta, Eastern Ghat Blind Caecilian NA
Giri, and Gower, 2013
425 Gegeneophis pareshi Giri, Gower, Gaikwad, and Wilkinson, 2011 Cotigaon Blind Caecilian NA
426 Gegeneophis primus Kotharambath, Gower, Oommen, and Sugandhagiri Blind Caecilian DD
Wilkinson, 2012
427 Gegeneophis ramaswamii Taylor, 1964 Southern Blind Caecilian LC
428 Gegeneophis seshachari Ravichandran, Gower, and Wilkinson, Ratnagiri Blind Caecilian DD
2003
429 Gegeneophis tejaswini Kotharambath, Wilkinson, Oommen, and Kasaragod Blind Caecilian DD
Gower, 2015
Genus: Indotyphlus Taylor, 1960 Vermiform Caecilians
430 Indotyphlus battersbyi Taylor, 1960 Battersby's Vermiform DD
Caecilian
431 Indotyphlus maharashtraensis Giri, Wilkinson, and Gower, 2004 Humbarli Vermiform Caecilian DD
Family: Ichthyophiidae Taylor, 1968
Genus: Ichthyophis Fitzinger, 1826 Striped Caecilians
432 Ichthyophis alfredi Mathew and Sen, 2009 East Garo Striped Caecilian NA
433 Ichthyophis beddomei Peters, 1880 Nilgiri Striped Caecilian LC
434 Ichthyophis benjii Lalremsanga, Purkayastha, Biakzuala, Benji’s Striped Caecilian NA
Mathipi, Muansanga, and Hmar, 2021
435 Ichthyophis daribokensis Mathew and Sen, 2009 Daribok's Striped Caecilian NA
436 Ichthyophis davidi Bhatta, Dinesh, Prashanth, Kulkarni, and Uttaraghat Striped Caecilian DD
Radhakrishnan, 2011
437 Ichthyophis garoensis Pillai and Ravichandran, 1999 Garo Hills Striped Caecilian DD
438 Ichthyophis khumhzi Kamei, Wilkinson, Gower, and Biju, 2009 Khumhzi Striped Caecilian DD
439 Ichthyophis kodaguensis Wilkinson, Gower, Govindappa, and Kodagu Striped Caecilian DD
Venkatachalaiah, 2007
440 Ichthyophis longicephalus Pillai, 1986 Long-headed Striped Caecilian DD
441 Ichthyophis moustakius Kamei, Wilkinson, Gower, and Biju, Manipur Striped Caecilian DD
2009
442 Ichthyophis multicolor Wilkinson, Presswell, Sherratt, Multicolour Striped Caecilian DD
Papadopoulou, and Gower, 2014
443 Ichthyophis nokrekensis Mathew and Sen, 2009 Nokrek's Striped Caecilian NA
444 Ichthyophis sendenyu Kamei, Wilkinson, Gower, and Biju, 2009 Sendenyu Striped Caecilian DD
445 Ichthyophis sikkimensis Taylor, 1960 Sikkim Striped Caecilian DD
446 Ichthyophis tricolor Annandale, 1909 Tricolor Striped Caecilian LC
Genus: Uraeotyphlus Peters, 1880 Unicolour Caecilians
447 Uraeotyphlus bombayensis (Taylor, 1960) Wide range Unicolour LC
Caecilian
448 Uraeotyphlus gansi Gower, Rajendran, Nussbaum, and Kodayar Unicolour Caecilian DD
Wilkinson, 2008
449 Uraeotyphlus interruptus Pillai and Ravichandran, 1999 Chengalam Unicolour DD
Caecilian
450 Uraeotyphlus malabaricus (Beddome, 1870) Malabar Unicolour Caecilian DD

451 Uraeotyphlus menoni Annandale, 1913 Cochin Unicolour Caecilian DD

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452 Uraeotyphlus narayani Seshachar, 1939 Kottayam Unicolour Caecilian DD

453 Uraeotyphlus oommeni Gower and Wilkinson, 2007 Bonaccord Unicolour Caecilian DD
454 Uraeotyphlus oxyurus (Duméril and Bibron, 1841) Pale-throated Unicolour DD
Caecilian

#The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022. Version 2022-2. www.iucnredlist.org (Downloaded on 31/12/2022).

CE: Critically Endangered; EN: Endangered; VU: Vulnerable; NT: Near Threatened; LC: Least Concern; DD: Data
Deficient; NA: Not Assessed

Table 1: Conservation status of amphibian families of India enumerated based on the IUCN
criteria as on December 2022

Sl. No. Family CE EN VU NT LC DD NA Total

1 Bufonidae 1 6 2 1 8 5 9 32
2 Ceratobatrachidae NIL NIL NIL NIL NIL 1 3 4
3 Dicroglossidae 1 4 1 1 29 18 16 70
4 Hylidae NIL NIL NIL NIL 1 NIL NIL 1
5 Megophryidae 2 1 NIL NIL 7 5 16 31
6 Micrixalidae 1 2 4 1 NIL 3 13 24
7 Microhylidae NIL 3 3 1 12 5 6 30
8 Nasikabatrachidae 1 NIL NIL 1 NIL NIL 1 2
9 Nyctibatrachidae 1 7 3 1 NIL 11 15 38
10 Ranidae NIL NIL 2 1 15 7 16 41
11 Ranixalidae 2 3 1 NIL 2 1 9 18
12 Rhacophoridae 12 15 8 5 30 14 36 120
13 Salamandridae NIL NIL 1 1 NIL NIL NIL 2
14 Chikilidae NIL NIL NIL NIL 2 2 NIL 4
15 Ichthyophiidae NIL NIL NIL NIL 3 16 3 23
16 Grandisoniidae NIL NIL NIL NIL 1 11 2 14
Total 21 41 25 13 110 99 145 454

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Fig: Pie chart depicting the status of IUCN Red list criteria for the amphibians of India

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