Amphibians of Pakistan Checklist This Amphibians of Pakistan Checklist was made possible by the generous help of Dr. Muhammad Sharif Khan. Dr. Khan was very helpful in editing this checklist and added additional species that have recently been discovered by him and others in Pakistan. I am really grateful to Dr. Khan for his immense help in putting together this checklist. As of today, this is the most complete and upto date checklist on the Amphibians found in Pakistan. However this checklist should not be considered complete as additional species will be discovered by other people as new areas are explored.   Amphibians in Pakistan belong to four families: Bufonidae, Microhylidae, Megophryidae and Ranidae. This checklist encompasses all 22 species of amphibians know from Pakistan.      COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME LOCAL NAME FAMILY: BUFONIDAE (Toads) Bufo Laurenti, 1768 1. Himalayan toad Bufo himalayanus (Günther, 1864) Hamalayai ghauk 2. Baltistan toad Bufo latastii (Boulenger, 1882) Baltistan ghauk 3. Hazara toad Bufo melanostictus hazarensis (Khan, 2000) Hazara ghauk 4. Olive toad Bufo olivaceus (Blanford, 1874) Zatooni ghauk 5. Kaghan toad Bufo pseudoraddei pseudoraddei (Mertens, 1971) Kaghani ghauk 6. Batura glacier toad Bufo pseudoraddei baturae (Stock, Schmid, Steinlein, and Grosse, 1999) Batura ghauk 7. Indus toad Bufo stomaticus (Lütkin, 1862) Maidani ghauk 8. Iranian toad Bufo surdus (Boulenger, 1891) Irani ghauk 9. Baluchistan toad Bufo viridis zugmayeri (Eiselt and Schmidtler, 1973) Baluch ghauk FAMILY: MICROHYLIDAE  (Narrow-Mouthed Frogs) Microhyla Tschudi, 1828 10. Ornate Narrow-Mouthed frog or Ant frog Microhyla ornata (Duméril and Bibron, 1841) Bauna maindak Uperodon Dúmeril and Bibron, 1841 11. Marbled balloon frog Uperodon systoma (Schneider, 1799) Marmareen maindak FAMILY: MEGOPHRYIDAE (Asian Toads, Litter Frogs) Scutiger 12. Tibetine frog or Asian lazy toad Scutiger nyingchiensis Tibetan maindak FAMILY: RANIDAE  ( Broad-Mouthed Frogs) Euphlyctis Fitzinger, 1843 13. Common skittering frog Euphlyctis cyanophlyctis cyanophlyctis (Schneider, 1799) Tapakta maindak 14. Spiny skittering frog Euphlyctis cyanophlyctis microspinulata (Khan, 1997) Khardar tapakta maindak 15. Seistan skittering frog Euphlyctis cyanophlyctis seistanica (Nikolsky, 1900) Sestan tapakta maindak Hoplobatrachus Peters, 1863 16. Indus Valley Bullfrog or Tiger frog Holobatrachus tigerinus (Daudin, 1802) Basanti maindak Fejervarya Bolkay, 1915 17. Alpine cricket frog or Northern cricket frog Fejervarya limnocharis (Boie, 1834) Paharri tidda mainak 18. Indus Delta cricket frog or Southern cricket frog Fejervarya syhadrensis ( Annandale , 1919) Dakhni tidda maindak Paa Dubois, 1975 19. Hazara torrent frog Paa hazarensis (Dubois and Khan, 1979) Hazara nadi maindak 20. Karez frog Paa sternosignata ( Murray, 1885) Karez maindak 21. Murree Hills frog Paa vicina (Stoliczka, 1872) Maree maindak Sphaerotheca Duméril and Bibron, 1841 22. Burrowing frog or        Malir Burrowing Frog Sphaerotheca breviceps (Schneider, 1799) Ghauk-maindak     Credits: Muhammad Sharif Khan (Herpetological Labs Rabwah, Pakistan) Nausherwan Ahmed ©1997-2005 Wildlife of Pakistan-All Rights Reserved. Updated April 14th, 2005