Biology:Minervarya rufescens

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Short description: Species of amphibian

Minervarya rufescens
Zakerana rufescens-Madayippara.jpg
Minervarya rufescens from Madayippara, Kerala
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Dicroglossidae
Genus: Minervarya
Species:
M. rufescens
Binomial name
Minervarya rufescens
(Jerdon, 1854)
Synonyms

Pyxicephalus rufescens Jerdon, 1854
Fejervarya rufescens (Jerdon, 1854)

Minervarya rufescens (common names: Malabar wart frog, reddish burrowing frog, or rufescent burrowing frog) is a species of frog that is endemic to the Western Ghats, India . It occurs in Maharashtra, Karnataka, Goa, and Kerala states.[2] It is a locally common species associated with riparian and forest edge habitats in open and lightly degraded tropical moist semi-evergreen forests.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Biju, S.D.; Dutta, S.; Padhye, A. (2009). "Zakerana rufescens". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009. https://www.iucnredlist.org/details/58288/0. Retrieved 15 February 2014. 
  2. Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Zakerana rufescens (Jerdon, 1854)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/Amphibia/Anura/Dicroglossidae/Dicroglossinae/Zakerana/Zakerana-rufescens. 
Color variations of Minervarya rufescens

Wikidata ☰ Q3068058 entry