Biology:Nanorana minica

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Short description: Species of frog

Nanorana minica
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Dicroglossidae
Genus: Nanorana
Species:
N. minica
Binomial name
Nanorana minica
(Dubois, 1975)
Synonyms

Rana tuberculata Tilak & Roy, 1985
Paa minica (Dubois, 1975)

Nanorana minica (common names: Nepal paa frog, tiny frog, small paa frog) is a species of frog in the family Dicroglossidae. It is found in northern India (Uttar Pradesh and Himachal Pradesh) and in western and eastern Nepal.[2] It is a fairly common species found in subtropical montane forest and streams. It is threatened by habitat loss through the localized clearance of forest.[1] Tadpoles of this N. minica has been reported to overwinter in the streams.[3] Stream flow management and subsequent habitat modification by check dams is one of the threats[1] the species is facing and check dams have been found to influence the overwintering tadpoles' behavior, habitat use patterns and morphometric traits.[4][5]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2022). "Nanorana minica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: e.T58432A166103873. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/58432/166103873. Retrieved 22 December 2022. 
  2. Frost, Darrel R. (2013). "Nanorana minica (Dubois, 1975)". Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/?action=names&taxon=Nanorana+minica. Retrieved 24 December 2013. 
  3. Jithin, V. (2021-07-01). Tadpoles with a trick: Overwintering Ecology of Tadpoles in a Himalayan Stream, Uttarakhand, India (Thesis). doi:10.5281/zenodo.6327622.
  4. Jithin, V.; Johnson, Jeyaraj Antony; Das, Abhijit (2022-07-01). "Influence of check dams on the activity pattern and morphometric traits of overwintering tadpoles in the Western Himalaya" (in en). Limnologica 95: 125992. doi:10.1016/j.limno.2022.125992. ISSN 0075-9511. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0075951122000469. 
  5. Jithin, Vijayan; Das, Abhijit; Johnson, Jeyaraj A. (2022-08-03). "Understanding the influence of check dam and season on habitat use to develop habitat suitability criteria for overwintering tadpoles of Nanorana spp." (in en). River Research and Applications 38 (9): 1629–1641. doi:10.1002/rra.4033. ISSN 1535-1459. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/rra.4033. 

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