Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference

Nyctibatrachus sanctipalustris var. modestus Rao, 1920, J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc., 27: 125. Holotype: ZSIC 19179 according to Chanda, Das, and Dubois, 2001 "2000", Hamadryad, 25: 107. Type locality: "Jog, Shimoga, Mysore State", India. Status rejected by Chanda and Das, 1997, Hamadryad, 22: 48-49.

Nyctibatrachus modestus — Dubois, 1987 "1986", Alytes, 5: 68. Elevated from the synonymy of Nyctibatrachus sanctipalustris by Dubois, 1987 "1986", Alytes, 5: 68.

Fejervarya modesta — Biju, Van Bocxlaer, Mahony, Dinesh, Radhakrishnan, Zachariah, Giri, and Bossuyt, 2011, Zootaxa, 3029: 67-68.

English Names

Shimoga Night Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 102).

Distribution

Known only from the type locality (Jog, Shimoga, Mysore, India).

Comment

The species was recognized by Dubois, 1987 "1986", Alytes, 5: 68, but this recognition as something other than a synonym of Nyctibatrachus sanctipalustris was rejected by Chanda and Das, 1997, Hamadryad, 22: 48-49. Biju, Van Bocxlaer, Mahony, Dinesh, Radhakrishnan, Zachariah, Giri, and Bossuyt, 2011, Zootaxa, 3029: 1-96.

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