| Nidirana noadihing | |
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Scientific classification 
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| 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 | |
Nidirana noadihing is a species of frog in the family Ranidae. 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 reminiscent of "wild duck species". The species is named after the Noa-Dahing River.
References
- 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.
- 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.
- "Scientists discover new species of 'music frog' in Arunachal". The Hindu. 23 November 2023.
- "New species of music frog discovered in Arunachal". The Arunachal Times. 22 November 2023.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Nidirana noadihing | |