Lankanectes is a genus of frogs in the family Nyctibatrachidae that is endemic to Sri Lanka. It is the only member of the Nyctibatrachidae to be found outside India and the only member of the subfamily Lankanectinae.[1][2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Nyctibatrachidae |
| Subfamily: | Lankanectinae Dubois & Ohler, 2001 |
| Genus: | Lankanectes Dubois & Ohler, 2001 |
| Species | |
There are two known species in this genus:
- Lankanectes corrugatus (Peters, 1863)[3]
- Lankanectes pera (Senevirathne et al, 2018)[4]
References
edit- ^ "Lankanectes Dubois and Ohler, 2001 | Amphibian Species of the World". research.amnh.org. Retrieved 2019-03-13.
- ^ Dubois, A.; Ohler, A. (2001). "A new genus for an aquatic ranid (Amphibia, Anura) from Sri Lanka". Alytes. 19 (2/4): 81–106.
- ^ "AmphibiaWeb - Lankanectes corrugatus". amphibiaweb.org. Retrieved 2019-03-13.
- ^ "AmphibiaWeb - Lankanectes pera". amphibiaweb.org. Retrieved 2019-03-13.
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