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Order: Tetradontiformes (Puffers and Filefishes)
Family: Triacanthidae (Triplespines)
Short-nosed tripodfish Triacanthus biaculeatus
Family: Tetraodontidae (Puffers)
Immaculate puffer Arothron immaculatus
Milkspotted puffer Chelonodon patoca
Green rough-backed puffer Lagocephalus lunaris
Lattice blaasop Takifugu oblongus
Ocellated pufferfish Tetraodon cutcutia
Green pufferfish Tetraodon fluviatilis
Reports of amphibians are also available from the creeks and intertidal mudflats
of mangrove dominated Indian Sundarbans.
A Checklist of Sundarban Amphibians
Order: Anura
Family: Bufonidae
Common Indian toad Bufo melanostictus
Family: Microhylidae
Ornate narrow-mouthed frog Microhyla ornate
Family: Rhacophoridae
Common tree frog Polypedates maculatus
Family: Ranidae
Skittering frog Euphlyctis cyanophlyctis
Indian pond frog Euphlyctis hexadactylus
Indian bull frog Hoplobatrachus tigerinus
Cricket frog Limnonectes limnocharis
The mangrove ecosystem of Indian Sundarbans houses a wide variety of reptiles
as listed here.
A Checklist of Sundarban Reptiles
Order: Crocodilia
Family: Crocodylidae
Mugger crocodile Crocodylus palustris
Saltwater crocodile Crocodylus porosus
A Checklist of Sundarban Reptiles