A Checklist of Amphibians of India

(Updated till January 2015)

Compiled by:

K.P. Dinesh1, C. Radhakrishnan2, B.H. Channakeshavamurthy3 and Nirmal U Kulkarni4,

Centre for Ecological Sciences (CES), Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore-560 012,
India. E-mail: dinesh@ces.iisc.ernet.in; kpdinesh11@gmail.com
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33/5267-D, Devika, Golf links Road, Chevayur, Calicut 673 017, Kerala, India
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Western Ghats Regional Centre (WGRC), Zoological Survey of India (ZSI), Calicut
673006, Kerala, India
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Mhadei Research Centre, C/o Hiru Naik Building, Dhuler Mapusa, Goa- 403507,
India

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The first comprehensive checklist of amphibians of India was brought out by

Dutta (1997) enlisting 212 species. Das and Dutta (1998) catalogued the common
names of the Indian amphibians and the checklist was updated by Daniels in 2001.
Chanda (2002) published the first handbook on amphibians of India with brief
accounts and distribution maps. In the year 2005 Daniels listed 238 species of
amphibians from India in his book Amphibians of the peninsular India'.
Dinesh et al., (2009) brought out an annotated checklist of amphibians of India
listing 284 species with their synonyms, information on their type locality, type
specimen status and their known distribution. Since then the Check lists of Indian
Amphibians' were periodically updated by Dinesh et al., listing 311 species in 2010,
314 species in 2011, and 342 species in 2012 and 2013. The present checklist is
updated with all the information species names available till January 2015 and
enlists 382 species of amphibians from India, including those listed recently from
Goa (Kulkarni et al., 2013). The nomenclature followed here is after Frost 2014.
Systematic Account:

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CLASS: AMPHIBIA Gray

ORDER: ANURA Fischer von Waldheim
FAMILY: BUFONIDAE Gray
Species
Bufoides meghalayanus (Yazdani and Chanda 1971)
Bufotes latastii (Boulenger 1882)
Duttaphrynus beddomii (Gunther, 1875)*
Duttaphrynus brevirostris (Rao, 1937) *
Duttaphrynus chandai Das, Chetia, Dutta and Sengupta, 2013
Duttaphrynus himalayanus (Gunther 1864)
Duttaphrynus hololius (Gunther, 1876)
Duttaphrynus kiphirensis (Mathew and Sen, 2009)
Duttaphrynus mamitensis (Mathew and Sen, 2009)

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Duttaphrynus manipurensis (Mathew and Sen, 2009)

Duttaphrynus melanostictus (Schneider 1799) *#
Duttaphrynus microtympanum (Boulenger 1882) *
Duttaphrynus mizoramensis (Mathew and Sen, 2009)
Duttaphrynus nagalandensis (Mathew and Sen, 2009)
Duttaphrynus olivaceous (Blanford, 1874)
Duttaphrynus parietalis (Boulenger, 1882) *
Duttaphrynus scaber (Schneider, 1799) *#
Duttaphrynus silentvalleyensis (Pillai, 1982) *
Duttaphrynus stomaticus (Lutken 1864) *
Duttaphrynus stuarti (Smith, 1929)
Duttaphrynus wokhaensis (Mathew and Sen, 2009)
Ghatophryne ornata (Gunther, 1876) *
Ghatophryne rubigina (Pillai and Pattabiraman, 1981) *
Ingerophrynus macrotis (Boulenger, 1887)
Pedostibes kempi (Boulenger 1919)
Pedostibes tuberculosus Gunther 1875*#
Xanthophryne koynayensis (Soman, 1963) *
Xanthophryne tigerinus Biju, Bocxlaer, Giri, Loader and Bossuyt, 2009*
FAMILY: DICROGLOSSIDAE Anderson
Allopaa barmoachensis (Khan and Tasnim, 1989)
Allopaa hazarensis (Dubois and Khan, 1989)
Chrysopaa sternosignata (Murray, 1885)
Euphlyctis mudigere Joshy, Alam, Kurabayashi, Sumida and Kuramoto, 2009*
Euphlyctis aloysii Joshy, Alam, Kurabayashi, Sumida and Kuramoto, 2009*
Euphlyctis cyanophlyctis (Schneider, 1799) *#
Euphlyctis ghoshi (Chanda, 1990)
Euphlyctis hexadactylus (Lesson, 1834) *#
Fejervarya andamanensis (Stoliczka, 1870)
Fejervarya cancrivora (Gravenhorst, 1829)
Fejervarya nicobariensis (Stoliczka, 1870)
Fejervarya orissaensis (Dutta, 1997)
Hoplobatrachus crassus (Jerdon, 1854) *
Hoplobatrachus tigerinus (Daudin, 1802) *#
Ingerana borealis (Annandale, 1912)
Ingerana charlesdarwini (Das, 1998)
Limnonectes doriae (Boulenger, 1887)
Limnonectes hascheanus (Stoliczka, 1870)
Limnonectes khasianus (Anderson, 1871)
Limnonectes kuhlii (Tschudi, 1838)
Limnonectes laticeps (Boulenger, 1882)
Limnonectes macrodon (Dumeril and Bibron, 1841)

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Limnonectes mawlyndipi (Chanda, 1990)

Limnonectes shompenorum Das, 1996
Minervarya chilapata Ohler, Deuti, Grosjean, Paul, Ayyaswamy, Ahmed and Dutta, 2009
Minervarya sahyadris Dubois, Ohler and Biju, 2001*#
Nanorana annandalii (Boulenger, 1920)
Nanorana arnoldi (Dubois, 1975)
Nanorana blanfordii (Boulenger, 1882)
Nanorana chayuensis (Ye, 1977)
Nanorana gammii (Anderson, 1871)
Nanorana liebigii (Gunther, 1860)
Nanorana minica (Dubois, 1975)
Nanorana mokokchungensis (Das and Chanda, 2000)
Nanorana vicina (Stoliczka, 1872)
Occidozyga lima (Gravenhorst, 1829)
Occidozyga sumatrana (Peters, 1877)
Ombrana sikimensis (Jerdon, 1870)
Sphaerotheca breviceps (Schneider, 1799) *#
Sphaerotheca dobsonii (Boulenger, 1882) *#
Sphaerotheca leucorhynchus (Rao, 1937) *
Sphaerotheca rolandae (Dubois, 1983) *
Zakerana brevipalmata (Peters, 1871) *
Zakerana caperata (Kuramoto, Joshy, Kurabayashi and Sumida, 2007) *#
Zakerana granosa (Kuramoto, Joshy, Kurabayashi and Sumida, 2007) *#
Zakerana keralensis (Dubois, 1981) *#
Zakerana kudremukhensis (Kuramoto, Joshy, Kurabayashi, and Sumida, 2007) *
Zakerana modestus (Rao, 1920) *
Zakerana mudduraja (Kuramoto, Joshy, Kurabayashi, and Sumida, 2007) *
Zakerana murthii (Pillai, 1979) *
Zakerana mysorensis (Rao, 1922) *
Zakerana nepalensis (Dubois, 1975)
Zakerana nilagirica (Jerdon, 1854) *
Zakerana parambikulamana (Rao, 1937) *
Zakerana pierrei (Dubois, 1975)
Zakerana rufescens (Jerdon, 1854) *
Zakerana sauriceps (Rao, 1937) *
Zakerana sengupti (Purkayastha and Matsui 2012)
Zakerana syhadrensis (Annandale, 1919) *#
Zakerana teraiensis (Dubois, 1984)
FAMILY: HYLIDAE Rafinesque
89 Hyla annectans (Jerdon, 1870)
FAMILY: MEGOPHRYIDAE, Bonaparte
90 Leptobrachium bompu Sondhi and Ohler, 2011

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Leptobrachium hasseltii Tschudi, 1838

Leptobrachium rakhinensis Wogan, 2012
Leptolalax khasiorum Das, Tron, Rangad and Hooroo, 2010
Leptolalax lateralis (Anderson, 1871)
Leptolalax nokrekensis (Mathew and Sen, 2009)
Leptolalax tamdil Sengupta, Sailo, Lalremsanga, Das, and Das, 2010
Megophrys ancrae Mahony, Teeling an Biju, 2013
Megophrys oropedion Mahony, Teeling an Biju, 2013
Megophrys vegrandis Mahony, Teeling an Biju, 2013
Scutiger nyingchiensis Fei, 1977
Scutiger sikimmensis (Blyth, 1855)
Xenophrys boettgeri (Boulenger, 1899)
Xenophrys glandulosa (Fei, Ye and Huang, 1991)
Xenophrys major (Boulenger, 1908)
Xenophrys megacephala (Mahony, Sengupta, Kamei and Biju, 2011)
Xenophrys parva (Boulenger, 1893)
Xenophrys robusta (Boulenger, 1908)
Xenophrys serchhipii Mathew and Sen, 2007
Xenophrys wuliangshanensis (Ye and Fei, 1995)
Xenophrys zunhebotoensis Mathew and Sen, 2007
FAMILY: MICRIXALIDAE Dubois, Ohler and Biju
Micrixalus adonis Biju, Garg, Gururaja, Souche and Walujkar, 2014*
Micrixalus candidus Biju, Garg, Gururaja, Souche and Walujkar, 2014*
Micrixalus elegans (Rao, 1937) *
Micrixalus frigidus Biju, Garg, Gururaja, Souche and Walujkar, 2014*
Micrixalus fuscus (Boulenger, 1882) *
Micrixalus gadgili Pillai and Pattabiraman, 1990*
Micrixalus kodayari Biju, Garg, Gururaja, Souche and Walujkar, 2014*
Micrixalus kottigeharensis (Rao, 1937) *
Micrixalus kurichiyari Biju, Garg, Gururaja, Souche and Walujkar, 2014*
Micrixalus mallani Biju, Garg, Gururaja, Souche and Walujkar, 2014*
Micrixalus nelliyampathi Biju, Garg, Gururaja, Souche and Walujkar, 2014*
Micrixalus nigraventris Biju, Garg, Gururaja, Souche and Walujkar, 2014*
Micrixalus niluvasei Biju, Garg, Gururaja, Souche and Walujkar, 2014*
Micrixalus nudis Pillai, 1978*
Micrixalus phyllophilus (Jerdon, 1853) *
Micrixalus sairandhri Biju, Garg, Gururaja, Souche and Walujkar, 2014*
Micrixalus sali Biju, Garg, Gururaja, Souche and Walujkar, 2014*
Micrixalus saxicola (Jerdon, 1853) *
Micrixalus silvaticus (Boulenger, 1882) *
Micrixalus specca Biju, Garg, Gururaja, Souche and Walujkar , 2014*
Micrixalus spelunca Biju, Garg, Gururaja, Souche and Walujkar, 2014*

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132 Micrixalus thampii Pillai, 1981*

133 Micrixalus uttaraghaati Biju, Garg, Gururaja, Souche and Walujkar, 2014*
FAMILY: MICROHYLIDAE Gunther
134 Kalophrynus interlineatus Blyth, 1855
135 Kaloula assamensis Das, Sengupta, Ahmed and Dutta, 2004
136 Kaloula baleata (Muller, 1833)
137 Kaloula pulchra Gray, 1831
138 Kaloula taprobanica Parker, 1934*
139 Melanobatrachus indicus Beddome, 1878*
140 Microhyla berdmorei (Blyth, 1856)
141 Microhyla butleri Boulenger, 1900
142 Microhyla chakrapanii Pillai, 1977
143 Microhyla heymonsi Vogt, 1911
144 Microhyla ornata (Dumeril and Bibron, 1841) *#
145 Microhyla pulchra (Hallowell, 1861)
146 Microhyla rubra (Jerdon, 1854) *
147 Microhyla sholigari Dutta and Ray, 2000*
148 Micryletta inornata (Boulenger, 1890)
149 Ramanella anamalaiensis Rao, 1937*
150 Ramanella minor Rao, 1937*
151 Ramanella montana (Jerdon, 1854) *
152 Ramanella mormorata Rao, 1937*#
153 Ramanella triangularis (Gunther, 1875) *
154 Ramanella variegata (Stoliczka, 1872) *
155 Uperodon globulosus (Gunther, 1864) *#
156 Uperodon systoma (Schneider, 1799) *
FAMILY: NASIKABATRACHIDAE Biju and Bossuyt
157 Nasikabatrachus sahyadrensis Biju and Bossuyt, 2003*
FAMILY: NYCTIBATRACHIDAE Blommers-Schlosser
158 Nyctibatrachus acanthodermis Biju, Bocxlaer, Mahony, Dinesh, Radhakrishnan, Zachariah, Giri
and Bossuyt 2011*
159 Nyctibatrachus aliciae Inger, Shaffer, Koshy and Bakde, 1984*
160 Nyctibatrachus anamallaiensis (Myers, 1942) *
161 Nyctibatrachus beddomii (Boulenger, 1882) *
162 Nyctibatrachus danieli Biju, Bocxlaer, Mahony, Dinesh, Radhakrishnan, Zachariah, Giri and
Bossuyt 2011*#
163 Nyctibatrachus dattatreyaensis Dinesh, Radhakrishnan and Bhatta, 2008*
164 Nyctibatrachus deccanensis Dubois, 1984*
165 Nyctibatrachus deveni Biju, Bocxlaer, Mahony, Dinesh, Radhakrishnan, Zachariah, Giri and
Bossuyt 2011*
166 Nyctibatrachus gavi Biju, Bocxlaer, Mahony, Dinesh, Radhakrishnan, Zachariah, Giri and
Bossuyt 2011*

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167 Nyctibatrachus grandis Biju, Bocxlaer, Mahony, Dinesh, Radhakrishnan, Zachariah, Giri and
Bossuyt 2011*
168 Nyctibatrachus humayuni Bhaduri and Kripalani, 1955*
169 Nyctibatrachus indraneili Biju, Bocxlaer, Mahony, Dinesh, Radhakrishnan, Zachariah, Giri and
Bossuyt 2011*
170 Nyctibatrachus jog Biju, Bocxlaer, Mahony, Dinesh, Radhakrishnan, Zachariah, Giri and Bossuyt
2011*
171 Nyctibatrachus karnatakaensis Dinesh, Radhakrishnan, Reddy and Gururaja, 2007*
172 Nyctibatrachus kempholeyensis (Rao, 1937) *
173 Nyctibatrachus kumbara Gururaja, Dinesh, Preethi and Ravikanth 2014*
174 Nyctibatrachus major Boulenger, 1882*
175 Nyctibatrachus minimus Biju, Bocxlaer, Giri, Roelants, Nagaraju and Bossuyt, 2007*
176 Nyctibatrachus minor Inger, Shaffer, Koshy and Bakde, 1984*
177 Nyctibatrachus periyar Biju, Bocxlaer, Mahony, Dinesh, Radhakrishnan, Zachariah, Giri and
Bossuyt 2011*
178 Nyctibatrachus petraeus Das and Kunte, 2005*#
179 Nyctibatrachus pillaii Biju, Bocxlaer, Mahony, Dinesh, Radhakrishnan, Zachariah, Giri and
Bossuyt 2011*
180 Nyctibatrachus poocha Biju, Bocxlaer, Mahony, Dinesh, Radhakrishnan, Zachariah, Giri and
Bossuyt 2011*
181 Nyctibatrachus sanctipalustris Rao, 1920*
182 Nyctibatrachus shiradi Biju, Bocxlaer, Mahony, Dinesh, Radhakrishnan, Zachariah, Giri and
Bossuyt 2011*
183 Nyctibatrachus sylvaticus Rao, 1937*
184 Nyctibatrachus vasanthi Ravichandran, 1997*
185 Nyctibatrachus vrijeuni Biju, Bocxlaer, Mahony, Dinesh, Radhakrishnan, Zachariah, Giri and
Bossuyt 2011*
FAMILY: RANIDAE Rafinesque
186 Amolops assamensis Sengupta, Hussain, Choudhury, Gogoi, Ahmed and Choudhury, 2008
187 Amolops chakrataensis Ray, 1992
188 Amolops formosus (Gunther, 1875)
189 Amolops gerbillus (Annandale, 1912)
190 Amolops himalayanus (Boulenger, 1888)
191 Amolops indoburmanensis Dever, Fuiten, Konu and Wilkinson, 2012
192 Amolops jaunsari Ray, 1992
193 Amolops kaulbacki (Smith, 1940)
194 Amolops kohimaensis Biju, Mahony, and Kamei, 2010
195 Amolops marmoratus (Blyth, 1855)
196 Amolops monticola (Anderson, 1871)
197 Amolops nidorbellus Biju, Mahony, and Kamei, 2010
198 Amolops viridimaculatus (Jiang, 1983)
199 Clinotarsus alticola (Boulenger, 1882)
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201 Humerana humeralis (Boulenger, 1887)

202 Hylarana aurantiaca (Boulenger, 1904) *
203 Hylarana caesari Biju, Garg, Mahony, Wijayathilaka, Senevirathne and Meegaskumbura,
2014*#
204 Hylarana doni Biju, Garg, Mahony, Wijayathilaka, Senevirathne and Meegaskumbura, 2014*
205 Hylarana erythraea (Schlegel, 1837)
206 Hylarana flavescens (Jeron, 1853) *
207 Hylarana garoensis (Boulenger, 1920)
208 Hylarana indica Biju, Garg, Mahony, Wijayathilaka, Senevirathne and Meegaskumbura, 2014*
209 Hylarana intermedius (Rao, 1937) *
210 Hylarana labialis (Boulenger, 1887)
211 Hylarana leptoglossa (Cope, 1868)
212 Hylarana magna Biju, Garg, Mahony, Wijayathilaka, Senevirathne and Meegaskumbura, 2014*
213 Hylarana malabarica (Tschudi, 1838) *#
214 Hylarana montanus (Rao, 1922) *
215 Hylarana nicobariensis (Stoliczka, 1870)
216 Hylarana nigrovittata (Blyth, 1856)
217 Hylarana sreeni Biju, Garg, Mahony, Wijayathilaka, Senevirathne and Meegaskumbura, 2014*
218 Hylarana taipehensis (Van Denburgh, 1909)
219 Hylarana tytleri Theobald, 1868
220 Hylarana urbis Biju, Garg, Mahony, Wijayathilaka, Senevirathne and Meegaskumbura, 2014*
221 Odorrana andersonii (Boulenger, 1882)
222 Odorrana chloronota (Gunther, 1876)
223 Odorrana mawphlangensis (Pillai and Chanda, 1977)
224 Pterorana khare Kiyasetuo and Khare, 1986
FAMILY: RANIXALIDAE Dubois
225 Indirana beddomii (Gunther, 1875) *
226 Indirana brachytarsus (Gunther, 1875) *
227 Indirana chiravasi Padhye, Modak and Dahanukar 2014*#
228 Indirana diplosticta (Gunther, 1875) *
229 Indirana gundia (Dubois, 1986) *
230 Indirana leithii (Boulenger, 1888) *
231 Indirana leptodactyla (Boulenger, 1882) *
232 Indirana longicrus (Rao, 1937) *
233 Indirana phrynoderma (Boulenger, 1882) *
234 Indirana semipalmata (Boulenger, 1882) *
235 Indirana tenuilingua (Rao, 1937) *
FAMILY: RHACOPHORIDAE Hoffman
236 Beddomixalus bijui (Zachariah, Dinesh, Radhakrishnan, Kunhikrishnan, Palot and Vishnudas,
2011) *
237 Chiromantis cherrapunjiae (Roonwal and Kripalani, 1966)
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Chiromantis dudhwaensis (Ray, 1992)

Chiromantis senapatiensis (Mathew and Sen, 2009)
Chiromantis shyamrupus (Chanda and Ghosh, 1989)
Chiromantis simus (Annandale, 1915)
Chiromantis vittatus (Boulenger, 1887)
Ghatixalus asterops Biju, Roelants and Bossuyt, 2008*
Ghatixalus variabilis (Jerdon, 1853) *
Kurixalus appendiculatus (Gunther, 1858)
Kurixalus naso (Annandale, 1912)
Mercurana myristicapalustris Abraham, Pyron, Ansil, Zachariah and Zachariah, 2013*
Philautus dubius (Boulenger, 1882)
Philautus garo (Boulenger, 1919)
Philautus jerdonii (Gunther, 1876)
Philautus kempiae (Boulenger, 1919)
Philautus kempii (Annandale, 1912)
Philautus microdiscus (Annandale, 1912)
Philautus namadaphaensis Sarkar and Sanyal, 1985
Philautus sanctisilvaticus Das and Chanda, 1997
Philautus similipalensis Dutta, 2003
Polypedates assamensis Mathew and Sen, 2009
Polypedates insularis Das, 1995
Polypedates leucomystax (Gravenhorst, 1829)
Polypedates maculatus (Gray, 1834) *#
Polypedates megacephalus Hallowell, 1861
Polypedates occidentalis Das and Dutta, 2006*
Polypedates pseudocruciger Das and Ravichandran, 1998*
Polypedates subansiriensis Mathew and Sen, 2009
Polypedates taeniatus (Boulenger, 1906)
Polypedates teraiensis (Dubois, 1987)
Pseudophilautus amboli (Biju and Bossuyt, 2009) *#
Pseudophilautus kani (Biju and Bossuyt, 2009) *
Pseudophilautus wynaadensis (Jerdon, 1853) *
Raorchestes agasthyaensis Zachariah, Dinesh, Kunhikrishnan, Das, Raju, Radhakrishnan, Palot
and Kalesh, 2011*
Raorchestes akroparallagi (Biju and Bossuyt, 2009) *
Raorchestes anili (Biju and Bossuyt, 2006) *
Raorchestes annandalii (Boulenger, 1906)
Raorchestes archaeos Vijayakumar, Dinesh, Prabhu and Shanker, 2014*
Raorchestes aureus Vijayakumar, Dinesh, Prabhu and Shanker, 2014*
Raorchestes beddomii (Gunther, 1876) *
Raorchestes blandus Vijayakumar, Dinesh, Prabhu and Shanker, 2014*
Raorchestes bobingeri (Biju and Bossuyt, 2005) *

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Raorchestes bombayensis (Annandale, 1919) *#

Raorchestes chalazodes (Gunther, 1876) *
Raorchestes charius (Rao, 1937) *
Raorchestes chlorosomma (Biju and Bossuyt, 2009) *
Raorchestes chotta (Biju and Bossuyt, 2009) *
Raorchestes chromasynchysi (Biju and Bossuyt, 2009) *
Raorchestes coonoorensis (Biju and Bossuyt, 2009) *
Raorchestes crustai Zachariah, Dinesh, Kunhikrishnan, Das, Raju, Radhakrishnan, Palot and
Kalesh, 2011*
Raorchestes dubois (Biju and Bossuyt, 2006) *
Raorchestes echinatus Vijayakumar, Dinesh, Prabhu and Shanker, 2014*
Raorchestes emeraldi Vijayakumar, Dinesh, Prabhu and Shanker, 2014*
Raorchestes flaviocularis Vijayakumar, Dinesh, Prabhu and Shanker, 2014*
Raorchestes flaviventris (Boulenger, 1882) *
Raorchestes ghatei Padhye, Sayyed, Jadhav and Dahanukar, 2013*
Raorchestes glandulosus (Jerdon, 1853) *
Raorchestes graminirupes (Biju and Bossuyt, 2005) *
Raorchestes griet (Bossuyt, 2002) *
Raorchestes hassanensis (Dutta, 1985) *
Raorchestes indigo Vijayakumar, Dinesh, Prabhu and Shanker, 2014*
Raorchestes jayarami (Biju and Bossuyt, 2009) *
Raorchestes johnceei Zachariah, Dinesh, Kunhikrishnan, Das, Raju, Radhakrishnan, Palot and
Kalesh, 2011*
Raorchestes kadalarensis Zachariah, Dinesh, Kunhikrishnan, Das, Raju, Radhakrishnan, Palot
and Kalesh, 2011*
Raorchestes kaikatti (Biju and Bossuyt, 2009) *
Raorchestes kakachi Seshadri, Gururaja and Aravind, 2012*
Raorchestes leucolatus Vijayakumar, Dinesh, Prabhu and Shanker, 2014*
Raorchestes luteolus (Kuramoto and Joshy, 2003) *
Raorchestes manipurensis (Mathew and Sen, 2009)
Raorchestes manohari Zachariah, Dinesh, Kunhikrishnan, Das, Raju, Radhakrishnan, Palot and
Kalesh, 2011*
Raorchestes marki (Biju and Bossuyt, 2009) *
Raorchestes montanus (Gunther, 1876) *
Raorchestes munnarensis (Biju and Bossuyt, 2009) *
Raorchestes nerostagona (Biju and Bossuyt, 2005) *
Raorchestes ochlandrae (Gururaja, Dinesh, Palot, Radhakrishnan and Ramachandra, 2007) *
Raorchestes ponmudi (Biju and Bossuyt, 2005) *
Raorchestes primarrumpfi Vijayakumar, Dinesh, Prabhu and Shanker, 2014*
Raorchestes ravii Zachariah, Dinesh, Kunhikrishnan, Das, Raju, Radhakrishnan, Palot and
Kalesh, 2011*
Raorchestes resplendens Biju, Shouche, Dubois, Dutta, and Bossuyt, 2010*

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Raorchestes sahai (Sarkar and Ray, 2006)

Raorchestes shillongensis (Pillai and Chanda, 1973)
Raorchestes signatus (Boulenger, 1882) *
Raorchestes sushili (Biju and Bossuyt, 2009) *
Raorchestes terebrans (Das and Chanda, 1998)
Raorchestes theuerkaufi Zachariah, Dinesh, Kunhikrishnan, Das, Raju, Radhakrishnan, Palot and
Kalesh, 2011*
Raorchestes thodai Zachariah, Dinesh, Kunhikrishnan, Das, Raju, Radhakrishnan, Palot and
Kalesh, 2011*
Raorchestes tinniens (Jerdon, 1853) *
Raorchestes travancoricus (Boulenger, 1891) *
Raorchestes tuberohumerus (Kuramoto and Joshy, 2003) *
Raorchestes uthamani Zachariah, Dinesh, Kunhikrishnan, Das, Raju, Radhakrishnan, Palot and
Kalesh, 2011*
Rhacophorus bipunctatus Ahl, 1927
Rhacophorus burmanus (Andersson, 1939)
Rhacophorus calcadensis Ahl, 1927*
Rhacophorus kio Ohler and Delorme, 2006
Rhacophorus lateralis Boulenger, 1883*
Rhacophorus malabaricus Jerdon, 1870*#
Rhacophorus maximus Gunther, 1858
Rhacophorus pseudomalabaricus Vasudevan and Dutta, 2000*
Rhacophorus rhodopus Liu and Hu, 1960
Rhacophorus subansiriensis Mathew and Sen, 2009
Rhacophorus suffry Bordoloi, Bortamuli, and Ohler, 2007
Rhacophorus translineatus Wu in Sichuan Institute of Biology Herpetology Department, 1977
Rhacophorus tuberculatus (Anderson, 1871)
Theloderma andersoni (Ahl, 1927)
Theloderma asperum (Boulenger, 1886)
Theloderma moloch (Annandale, 1912)
Theloderma nagalandense Orlov, Dutta, Ghate, and Kent, 2006
ORDER: CAUDATA Fischer von Waldheim
FAMILY: SALAMANDRIDAE Goldfuss
Tylototriton verrucosus Anderson, 1871
ORDER: GYMNOPHIONA Muller
FAMILY: CHIKILIDAE Kamei, Mauro, Gower, Bocxlaer, Sherratt, Thomas,
Babu, Bossuyt, Wilkinson and Biju
Chikila alcocki Kamei, Wilkinson, Gower and Biju, 2013
Chikila darlong Kamei, Wilkinson, Gower and Biju, 2013
Chikila fulleri (Alcock, 1904)
Chikila gaiduwani Kamei, Wilkinson, Gower and Biju, 2013
FAMILY: ICHTHYOPHIIDAE Taylor
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Ichthyophis beddomei Peters 1879*

Ichthyophis bombayensis Taylor, 1960*#
Ichthyophis daribokensis Mathew and Sen, 2009
Ichthyophis davidi Bhatta, Dinesh, Prashanth, Kulkarni and Radhakrishan, 2011*#
Ichthyophis garoensis Pillai and Ravichandran, 1999
Ichthyophis husaini Pillai and Ravichandran, 1999
Ichthyophis khumhzi Kamei, Wilkinson, Gower and Biju, 2009
Ichthyophis kodaguensis Wilkinson, Gower, Govindappa and Venkatachalaiah, 2007*
Ichthyophis longicephalus Pillai, 1986*
Ichthyophis moustakius Kamei, Wilkinson, Gower and Biju, 2009
Ichthyophis nokrekensis Mathew and Sen, 2009
Ichthyophis sendenyu Kamei, Wilkinson, Gower and Biju, 2009
Ichthyophis sikkimensis Taylor, 1960
Ichthyophis tricolor Annandale, 1909*
Uraeotyphlus gansi Gower, Rajendran, Nassbaum and Wilkinson, 2008*
Uraeotyphlus interruptus Pillai and Ravichandran, 1999*
Uraeotyphlus malabaricus (Beddome, 1870) *
Uraeotyphlus menoni Annandale, 1913*
Uraeotyphlus narayani Seshachar, 1939*
Uraeotyphlus oommeni Gower and Wilkinson, 2007*
Uraeotyphlus oxyurus (Dumeril and Bibron, 1841) *
FAMILY: INDOTYPHLIDAE Lescure, Renous, and Gasc
372 Gegeneophis carnosus (Beddome, 1870) *
373 Gegeneophis danieli Giri, Wilkinson and Gower, 2003*#
374 Gegeneophis goaensis Bhatta, Dinesh, Prashanth and Kulkarni, 2007*#
375 Gegeneophis krishni Pillai and Ravichandran, 1999*
376 Gegeneophis madhavai Bhatta and Srinivasa, 2004*
377 Gegeneophis mhadeiensis Bhatta, Dinesh, Prashanth and Kulkarni, 2007*#
378 Gegeneophis orientalis Agarwal, Wilkinson, Mohapatra, Dutta, Giri and Gower, 2013
379 Gegeneophis pareshi Giri, Gower, Gaikwad and Wilkinson, 2011*#
380 Gegeneophis primus Kotharambath, Gower, Oommen and Wilkinson, 2012*
381 Gegeneophis ramaswamii Taylor, 1964*
382 Gegeneophis seshachari Ravichandran, Gower and Wilkinson, 2003*
383 Indotyphlus battersbyi Taylor, 1960*
384 Indotyphlus maharashtraensis Giri, Gower and Wilkinson, 2004*
* Species known from the Western Ghats (217 species)
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Dinesh, K.P., C. Radhakrishnan, B.H. Channakeshavamurthy and Nirmal U
Kulkarni,. 2015. Checklist of Amphibia of India, updated till January 2015 available at
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