Nidirana noadihing is a species of frog in the family Ranidae.[1] It is found in Arunachal Pradesh of India and it is said to be first species recorded in the genus Nidirana from India. The new species came from the place, Noa-Dihing River, from where the specimens were collected. This Noa-Dihing Music Frog is differed from other species of Nidirana genus by its size, oval toe tips, the tubercles on their backs and the unique call[2] reminiscent of "wild duck species".[3] The species is named after the Noa-Dahing River.[4]

Nidirana noadihing
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Ranidae
Genus: Nidirana
Species:
N. noadihing
Binomial name
Nidirana noadihing
Boruah et al., 2023

References

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  1. ^ Frost, Darrel R. (2020). "Babina adenopleura (Boulenger, 1909)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
  2. ^ Boruah, Bitupan; Deepak, V.; Das, Abhijit (15 November 2023). "Musicians in the marsh: a new species of music frog (Anura: Ranidae: Nidirana) from Arunachal Pradesh, India". Zootaxa. 5374 (1): 51–73. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5374.1.3.
  3. ^ "Scientists discover new species of 'music frog' in Arunachal". The Hindu. 23 November 2023.
  4. ^ "New species of music frog discovered in Arunachal". The Arunachal Times. 22 November 2023.