Ranixalidae

"Leaping frog" redirects here and is not to be confused with Leapfrog or Leapfrogging.

Ranixalidae is a family of frogs commonly known as the leaping frogs^[1][2] or Indian frogs.^[3] They are endemic to central and southern India, specifically in the Western Ghat mountain range.^[1][2][3] This mountain range encompasses the Indian states of Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu.^[4] Ranixalidae can be found in Maharashtra,^[5] Goa,^[6] Karnataka, and Kerala.^[7] There is a large concentration of them in Goa and Maharashtra, however there are still considerable amounts of species within the southern Indian states of Karnataka and Kerala, where there are other frogs within the Indirana genus.^[8]

Ranixalidae
Walkerana phrynoderma
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Clade:	Ranoidea
Family:	Ranixalidae Dubois [fr], 1987
Genera
Indirana Laurent, 1986 Walkerana Dahanukar et al., 2016

Scientists say the two groups of frogs in Ranixalidae, Indirana and Walkerana, split around 58.4 million years ago.^[9]

Genera

There are two genera^[1][3] with a total 18 species:^[1]

• Indirana Laurent, 1986 — 14 species
• Walkerana Dahanukar, Modak, Krutha, Nameer, Padhye, and Molur, 2016 — 4 species

The respective species counts in the AmphibiaWeb are 15 (because Indirana tenuilingua, a nomen inquirendum, is listed) and three (Walkerana muduga Dinesh et al., 2020 not (yet) listed).^[3]