Astrobatrachinae Vijayakumar, Pyron, Dinesh, Torsekar, Srikanthan, Swamy, Stanley, Blackburn, and Shanker, 2019

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Nyctibatrachidae > Subfamily: Astrobatrachinae
1 species

Astrobatrachinae Vijayakumar, Pyron, Dinesh, Torsekar, Srikanthan, Swamy, Stanley, Blackburn, and Shanker, 2019, PeerJ, 7(e6457): 23. Type genus: Astrobatrachus Vijayakumar, Pyron, Dinesh, Torsekar, Srikanthan, Swamy, Stanley, Blackburn, and Shanker, 2019.  Zoobank publication registration: 5ADE399C-37CC-4821-BD81-15F420731BB7

Astrobatrachidae — Dubois, Ohler, and Pyron, 2021, Megataxa, 5: 244. 

Common Names

None noted. 

Distribution

 Kurichiyarmala on the Wayanad Plateau of the Western Ghats. 

Comment

Placed in a unique family, Astrobatrachidae, by Dubois, Ohler, and Pyron, 2021, Megataxa, 5: 244, although they did not include this taxon in their analysis. 

Contained taxa (1 sp.):

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