Nyctibatrachus deccanensis

Rana pygmaea Günther, 1876 "1875" — preoccupied by Rana pygmaea Spix, 1824 Nyctibatrachus pygmaeus (Günther, 1876) Nyctibatrachus sholai Radhakrishnan, Dinesh, and Ravichandran, 2007 Nyctibatrachus deccanensis (common names: Deccan night frog, Deccan wrinkled frog) is a species of frogs in the family Nyctibatrachidae.

It is endemic to the southern Western Ghats in Tamil Nadu and Kerala states, India.

[2] Its natural habitats are tropical moist lowland forests, moist montane forests, and rivers.

It is threatened by habitat loss.

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Illustration as Nyctibatrachus pygmaeus from George Albert Boulenger 's Catalogue of the Batrachia Salientia s. Ecaudata in the collection of the British Museum published in 1882. [ 3 ] This species was first described as Rana pygmaea by Albert Günther in 1876. Because that name is a homonym of Rana pygmaea Spix, 1824 , replacement name was established in 1984. [ 2 ]