List of amphibians of India
This is an index to the amphibians found in India. The amphibians of India show a high level of endemism. This list is based largely on Darrel Frost and includes common names from older books and journals.
Order Anura">Frog">Anura
Family Bufonidae">true toad">Bufonidae
- Ornate torrent toad, Ansonia ornata = Ghatophryne ornata
- Silent Valley torrent toad, Ansonia ornata = Ghatophryne rubigina Bufo beddomii Bufo brevirostris Bufo burmanus Duttaphrynus cyphosus = Bufo cyphosus
- Himalayan toad, Duttaphrynus himalayanus = Bufo himalayanus Bufo hololius Xanthophryne koynayensis Xanthophryne tigerina Biju, Bocxlaer, Giri, Loader and Bossuyt, 2009
- Ladakh toad, Pseudepidalea latastii Boulenger, 1882 = Bufo latastii
- Common Indian toad, Duttaphrynus melanostictus = Bufo melanostictus Schneider, 1799 Duttaphrynus microtympanum = Bufo microtympanum Ingerophrynus macrotis Bufo parietalis
- Ferguson's toad, Bufo scaber Bufo silentvalleyensis Bufo stomaticus
- Green toad, Bufo viridisBufo stuarti Bufoides meghalayanus Pedostibes kempi
- ''Pedostibes tuberculosus''
Family Dicroglossidae
Dicroglossinae
- Common skittering frog, Euphlyctis cyanophlyctis Euphlyctis ghoshi
- Indian five-fingered frog, Euphlyctis hexadactylus
- Karavali skittering frog, Euphlyctis karaavali Priti et al., 2016Fejervarya andamanensis = Limnonectes andamanensis Fejervarya assimilis Fejervarya brama Fejervarya brevipalmata Fejervarya cancrivora Fejervarya greenii Fejervarya keralensis
- Alpine cricket frog, Fejervarya limnocharis Fejervarya murthii Fejervarya mysorensis Fejervarya nicobariensis Fejervarya nepalensis Fejervarya nilagirica Fejervarya orissaensis Fejervarya parambikulamana Fejervarya rufescens Fejervarya sauriceps Fejervarya syhadrensis = Limnonectes syhadrensis Fejervarya teraiensis
- Jerdon's bullfrog, Hoplobatrachus crassus
- Indian bullfrog, Hoplobatrachus tigerinus Limnonectes doriae Limnonectes hascheanus Limnonectes khasianus Limnonectes kuhlii Limnonectes laticeps Limnonectes limborgi Limnonectes mawlyndipi Limnonectes mawphlangensis Limnonectes shompenorum Minervarya charlesdarwini = Rana charlesdarwiniMinervarya sahyadris Nanorana annandalii = Paa annandalii Nanorana arnoldi = Paa arnoldi Nanorana barmoachensis = Paa barmoachensis Nanorana blanfordii = Paa blanfordii Nanorana conaensis = Paa conaensis Nanorana ercepeae = Paa ercepeae
- Hazara torrent frog, Nanorana hazarensis = Paa hazarensis Nanorana liebigii = Paa liebigii Nanorana minica = Paa minica Nanorana mokokchungensis = Paa mokokchungensis Nanorana polunini = Paa polunini Nanorana pleskei
- Karez frog, Nanorana sternosignata = Paa sternosignata
- Murree Hills frog, Nanorana vicina = Paa vicina Ombrana sikimensis = Chaparana sikimensis
- Burrowing frog, Sphaerotheca breviceps Sphaerotheca dobsoni Sphaerotheca leucorhynchus
- Marbled sand frog ''Sphaerotheca rolandae''
Occidozyginae
Occidozyga borealis Occidozyga limaFamily Hylidae
- ''Hyla annectans''
Family Megophryidae
- Hasselt's toad, Leptobrachium hasseltii Leptobrachium smithi Scutiger boulengeri Scutiger gongshanensis
- Nyingchi alpine toad, Scutiger nyingchiensis
- Sikkim alpine toad, Scutiger sikimmensis Xenophrys boettgeri Xenophrys kempii Xenophrys major Xenophrys parva Xenophrys robusta
- ''Xenophrys wuliangshanensis''
Family Micrixalidae
Micrixalus elegans Micrixalus fuscus Micrixalus gadgili Pillai and Pattabiraman, 1990 Micrixalus kottigeharensis Micrixalus narainensis Micrixalus nudis Pillai, 1978 Micrixalus phyllophilus Micrixalus saxicola Micrixalus silvaticus Micrixalus swamianusFamily Microhylidae
Kalophrynus interlineatus = Kalophrynus orangensis Micryletta inornata Ramanella anamalaiensis Ramanella minor Ramanella montana Ramanella mormorata Ramanella triangularis- White-bellied pug-snout frog, Ramanella variegata Uperodon globulosus
- Marbled balloon frog, Uperodon systoma Melanobatrachus indicus Kaloula baleata
- Painted frog, Kaloula pulchra Kaloula assamensis
- Sri Lankan bullfrog, Kaloula taprobanica Microhyla berdmorei Microhyla chakrapanii Microhyla heymonsi
- Ornate narrow-mouthed toad, Microhyla ornata Microhyla pulchra Microhyla rubra Microhyla sholigari Microhyla laterite Seshadri et al., 2016Mysticellus franki Garg & Biju, 2019
Family Nyctibatrachidae
Nyctibatrachus aliciae Nyctibatrachus beddomii Nyctibatrachus deccanensis Nyctibatrachus humayuni Nyctibatrachus hussaini Nyctibatrachus kempholeyensis Nyctibatrachus major Nyctibatrachus minor Nyctibatrachus periyar Biju et al., 2011Nyctibatrachus petraeus Nyctibatrachus sanctipalustris Nyctibatrachus sylvaticus Nyctibatrachus vasanthi Nyctibatrachus minimus Biju et al., 2007.Nyctibatrachus sholai Radhakrishnan, Dinesh & Ravichandran, 2007.Nyctibatrachus dattatreyaensis Dinesh K P, Radhakrishnan C & Gopalakrishna Bhatta, 2008Family Petropedetidae
Indirana beddomii Indirana brachytarsus Indirana diplosticta Indirana gundia Indirana leithii Indirana leptodactyla Indirana longicrus Indirana phrynoderma Indirana semipalmataFamily Ranidae
Amolops chakrataensis Amolops formosus Amolops gerbillus Amolops himalayanus Amolops jaunsari Amolops marmoratus Amolops monticola Amolops viridimaculatus- Bicolored frog, Clinotarsus curtipes Huia chloronota Humerana humeralis
- Fungoid frog, Hydrophylax malabaricus Hydrophylax bahuvistaraHydrophylax raniceps Pterorana khare Hylarana tytleri Nasirana alticola
- Golden frog, Hylarana aurantiaca Hylarana chitwanensis
- Boulenger's Garo hill frog, Hylarana garoensis Hylarana leptoglossa Hylarana nigrovittata
- Bronzed frog, ''Hylarana temporalis''
Family Rhacophoridae
Chiromantis cherrapunjiae = Chirixalus cherrapunjiae Chiromantis doriae = Chirixalus doriae Chiromantis dudhwaensis = Chirixalus dudhwaensis Chiromantis shyamrupus = Chirixalus shyamrupus Chiromantis simus = Chirixalus simus Chiromantis vittatus = Chirixalus vittatus Ghatixalus variabilis Nyctixalus moloch Kurixalus verrucosus = Rhacophorus verrucosus Aquixalus bisacculus = Rhacophorus bisacculus Aquixalus naso = Polypedates naso Raorchestes andersoni Raorchestes anili Raorchestes luteolus Raorchestes tuberohumerus Raorchestes annandalii Raorchestes beddomii Raorchestes bobingeri Raorchestes bombayensis Raorchestes chalazodes Raorchestes charius Raorchestes dubius Raorchestes femoralis Round-snout pygmy frog Raorchestes flaviventris Raorchestes garo Raorchestes glandulosus Raorchestes graminirupes Raorchestes griet Raorchestes jerdonii Raorchestes kempiae Raorchestes luteolus = Raorchestes neelanethrus Gururaja et al., 2007Raorchestes microdiscus Raorchestes namdaphaensis- Sharp-snout pygmy tree frog, Raorchestes nasutusRaorchestes nerostagona Raorchestes ochlandrae Gururaja et al., 2007.Raorchestes ponmudi Raorchestes sanctisilvaticus Raorchestes shillongensis Raorchestes signatus Raorchestes similipalensis Raorchestes terebrans Raorchestes tinniens Raorchestes travancoricus Raorchestes tuberohumerusRaorchestes wynaadensis Polypedates bengalensis Purkayastha et al., 2019Polypedates gongshanensis Polypedates insularis Polypedates leucomystax Polypedates maculatus chunam frogPolypedates megacephalus Polypedates pseudocruciger Polypedates taeniatus Rhacophorus appendiculatus Rhacophorus bipunctatus Rhacophorus calcadensis Rhacophorus lateralis
- Malabar flying frog, Rhacophorus malabaricus Rhacophorus maximus Rhacophorus namdaphaensis Rhacophorus pseudomalabaricus Rhacophorus tuberculatus Rhacophorus variabilis Rhacophorus htunwini Rhacophorus translineatus Rhacophorus kio
- ''Theloderma asperum''
Family Sooglossidae
- Purple frog, Nasikabatrachus sahyadrensis
- Bhupathy's purple frog, ''Nasikabatrachus bupathi''
Order Gymnophiona
The list of Indian caecilians is based on Giri & Gaikwad :Family Caeciliidae
;Gegeneophis spp.Gegeneophis carnosus- Amboli caecilian, Gegeneophis danieli Giri, Gower and Wilkinson 2003Gegeneophis goaensis Bhatta, Dinesh, Prashanth & Kulkarni, 2007Gegeneophis krishni Pillai and Ravichandran, 1999Gegeneophis madhavai Bhatta and Srinivasa, 2004Gegeneophis mhadeiensis Bhatta, Dinesh, Prashanth & Kulkarni, 2007Gegeneophis nadkarnii Bhatta and Prashanth, 2004Gegeneophis pareshi Giri, Gower, Gaikwad & Wilkinson, 2011 Gegeneophis primus Kotharambath, Gower, Oomen & Wilkinson, 2012
- Forest caecilian, Gegeneophis ramaswamii Taylor, 1964Gegeneophis seshachari Ravichandran, Gower, and Wilkinson, 2003
- Maharashtra caecilian, Indotyphlus maharashtraensis Giri, Wilkinson, and Gower, 2003
Family Chikilidae
- Fuller's caecilian, Chikila fulleri formerly Gegeneophis fulleriChikila alcocki Kamei, Gower, Wilkinson & Biju, 2013Chikila darlong Kamei, Gower, Wilkinson & Biju, 2013 Chikila gaiduwani Kamei, Gower, Wilkinson & Biju, 2013
Family Ichthyophiidae
Ichthyophis spp.Ichthyophis alfredii Mathew & Sen, 2009Ichthyophis beddomei Peters, 1880Ichthyophis bombayensis Taylor, 1960Ichthyophis daribokensis Mathew & Sen 2009 Ichthyophis garoensis Pillai and Ravichandran, 1999Ichthyophis davidi Bhatta, Dinesh, Kulkarni, Radhakrishnan 2011 Ichthyophis husaini Pillai and Ravichandran, 1999Ichthyophis kodaguensis Wilkinson, Gower, Govindappa & Venkatachalaiah, 2007Ichthyophis khumhzi Kamei, Wilkinson, Gower & Biju, 2009Ichthyophis longicephalus Pillai, 1986Ichthyophis moustakius Kamei, Wilkinson, Gower & Biju, 2009Ichthyophis nokrekensis Mathew & Sen, 2009Ichthyophis sendenyu Kamei, Wilkinson, Gower & Biju, 2009Ichthyophis sikkimensis Taylor, 1960Ichthyophis tricolor Annandale, 1909;Uraeotyphlus spp.Uraeotyphlus gansi Gower, Rajendran, Nussbaum, & Wilkinson, 2008Uraeotyphlus interruptus Pillai and Ravichandran, 1999Uraeotyphlus malabaricus Uraeotyphlus menoni Annandale, 1913Uraeotyphlus narayani Seshachar, 1939Uraeotyphlus oommeni Gower & Wilkinson, 2007
Order Urodela">Salamander">Urodela
Family [Salamandridae]
- Himalayan newt, ''Tylototriton verrucosus''