Minervarya brevipalmata

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Minervarya brevipalmata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Dicroglossidae
Genus: Minervarya
Species:
M. brevipalmata
Binomial name
Minervarya brevipalmata
(Peters, 1871)
Fejervarya brevipalmata map-fr.svg
Range of M. brevipalmata
Synonyms
  • Rana brevipalmataPeters, 1871
  • Limnonectes brevipalmatus(Peters, 1871)
  • Fejervarya brevipalmata(Peters, 1871)

Minervarya brevipalmata, commonly known as short-webbed frog, Peters' frog, and Pegu wart frog, is a species of frog found in the Western Ghats of southern India (Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, and Kerala states). [2] M. brevipalmata is a little-known and uncommon grassland frog associated with waterlogged or marshy areas, but it has also been recorded from suitable wet patches of forest and lightly degraded former forest. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Biju, S.D. & Dutta, S. (2009). "Zakerana brevipalmata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2009. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
  2. Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Zakerana brevipalmata (Peters, 1871)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 14 February 2014.