Walkerana

Walkerana is a genus of frogs in the family Ranixalidae. The genus is endemic to the Western Ghats in the states of Kerala and Tamil Nadu, India. It was erected in 2016 to host three species of Indirana that represented a genetically and morphologically distinct clade within the then broadly defined Indirana. Until Walkerana muduga was described in 2020, the genus was only known from the southernmost part of the Western Ghats south of the Palghat Gap.

Walkerana
Walkerana diplostictatype species
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Ranixalidae
Genus: Walkerana
Dahanukar, Modak, Krutha, Nameer, Padhye, and Molur, 2016
Type species
Ixalus diplostictus
Günther, 1876
Synonyms

Sallywalkerana Dahanukar, Modak, Krutha, Nameer, Padhye, and Molur, 2016 – unnecessary replacement name

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