Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Olfactores
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Batrachomorpha
Classis: Amphibia
Subclassis: Lissamphibia
Superordo: Batrachia
Cladus: Salientia
Ordo: Anura
Familia: Ranixalidae
Genera (2): Indirana – Walkerana
Name
Ranixalidae Dubois, 1987
Type genus: Ranixalus Dubois, 1986
Synonymy
Ranixalini Dubois, 1987: 66
Ranixalinae — Dubois, 1992: 334
Indiraninae Blommers-Schlösser, 1993: 211
Ranixalidae — Van Bocxlaer, Roelants, Biju, Nagaraju & Bossuyt, 2006
References
Primary references
Dubois, A. [1986] 1987. Miscellanea taxonomica batrachologica (I). Alytes 5: 7–95.
Additional references
Van Bocxlaer, Roelants, Biju, Nagaraju, and Bossuyt, 2006, PLoS One, 1: 1–6
Blackburn, D.C. & Wake, D.B. 2011. Class Amphibia Gray, 1825. Pp 39–55 In Zhang, Z.-Q. (ed.) 2011. Animal biodiversity: an outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness. Zootaxa 3148: 1–237. Open access. Reference page. Reference page.
Dinesh, K.P., Vijaykumar, S.P., Ramesh, V., Jayarajan, A., Chandramouli, S.R. & Shanker, K. 2020. A new lineage of Walkerana (Anura: Ranixalidae) from the Western Ghats of Peninsular India. Zootaxa 4729(2): 266–276. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4729.2.7 Paywall Reference page.
Vernacular names
English: Leaping Frogs
Ranixalidae is a family of frogs commonly known as the leaping frogs[1][2] or Indian frogs.[3] They are endemic to central and southern India, specifically in the Western Ghat mountain range.[1][2][3] This mountain range encompasses the Indian states of Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu.[4] Ranixalidae can be found in Maharashtra,[5] Goa,[6] Karnataka, and Kerala.[7] There is a large concentration of them in Goa and Maharashtra, however there are still considerable amounts of species within the southern Indian states of Karnataka and Kerala, where there are other frogs within the Indirana genus.[8]
Scientists say the two groups of frogs in Ranixalidae, Indirana and Walkerana, split around 58.4 million years ago.[9]
Genera
There are two genera[1][3] with a total 18 species:[1]
Indirana Laurent, 1986 — 14 species
Walkerana Dahanukar, Modak, Krutha, Nameer, Padhye, and Molur, 2016 — 4 species
The respective species counts in the AmphibiaWeb are 15 (because Indirana tenuilingua, a nomen inquirendum, is listed) and three (Walkerana muduga Dinesh et al., 2020 not (yet) listed).[3]
References
Frost, Darrel R. (2020). "Ranixalidae Dubois, 1987". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
Vitt, Laurie J. & Caldwell, Janalee P. (2014). Herpetology: An Introductory Biology of Amphibians and Reptiles (4th ed.). Academic Press. p. 503.
"Ranixalidae". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. 2020. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
Centre, UNESCO World Heritage. "Western Ghats". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Retrieved 2024-03-13.
Padhye, A. D.; Modak, N.; Dahanukar, N. (2014-09-26). "Indirana chiravasi, a new species of Leaping Frog (Anura: Ranixalidae) from Western Ghats of India". Journal of Threatened Taxa. 6 (10): 6293–6312. doi:10.11609/JoTT.o4068.6293-312. ISSN 0974-7907.
Modak, Nikhil; Dahanukar, Neelesh; Gosavi, Ninad; Padhye, Anand D. (2015-07-25). "Indirana salelkari, a new species of leaping frog (Anura: Ranixalidae) from Western Ghats of Goa, India". Journal of Threatened Taxa. 7 (9): 7493–7509. doi:10.11609/JoTT.o4262.7493-509. ISSN 0974-7907.
Garg, Sonali; Biju, S. D. (2016-11-16). "Molecular and Morphological Study of Leaping Frogs (Anura, Ranixalidae) with Description of Two New Species". PLOS ONE. 11 (11): e0166326. Bibcode:2016PLoSO..1166326G. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0166326. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 5112961. PMID 27851823.
Garg, Sonali; Biju, S. D. (2016-11-16). "Molecular and Morphological Study of Leaping Frogs (Anura, Ranixalidae) with Description of Two New Species". PLOS ONE. 11 (11): e0166326. Bibcode:2016PLoSO..1166326G. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0166326. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 5112961. PMID 27851823.
"Indirana yadera Dahanukar, Modak, Krutha, Nameer, Padhye, & Molur, 2016". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved May 28, 2024.
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