Lankanectes

Genus of amphibians

Lankanectes
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Nyctibatrachidae
Subfamily: Lankanectinae
Dubois & Ohler, 2001
Genus: Lankanectes
Dubois & Ohler, 2001
Species
  • Lankanectes corrugatus
  • Lankanectes pera

Lankanectes is a genus of frogs in the family Nyctibatrachidae that is endemic to Sri Lanka. It is the only member of the Nyctibatrachidae to be found outside India and the only member of the subfamily Lankanectinae.[1][2]

There are two known species in this genus:

  • Lankanectes corrugatus (Peters, 1863)[3]
  • Lankanectes pera (Senevirathne et al, 2018)[4]

References

  1. ^ "Lankanectes Dubois and Ohler, 2001 | Amphibian Species of the World". research.amnh.org. Retrieved 2019-03-13.
  2. ^ Dubois, A.; Ohler, A. (2001). "A new genus for an aquatic ranid (Amphibia, Anura) from Sri Lanka". Alytes. 19 (2/4): 81–106.
  3. ^ "AmphibiaWeb - Lankanectes corrugatus". amphibiaweb.org. Retrieved 2019-03-13.
  4. ^ "AmphibiaWeb - Lankanectes pera". amphibiaweb.org. Retrieved 2019-03-13.
Taxon identifiers
Lankanectes


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