Minervarya nepalensis

Minervarya nepalensis
Zakerana nepalensis from Samdrup Jongkhar District, Bhutan
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Family:	Dicroglossidae
Genus:	Minervarya
Species:	M. nepalensis
Binomial name
Minervarya nepalensis (Dubois, 1975)
Synonyms
Rana nepalensisDubois, 1975 Fejervarya nepalensis(Dubois, 1975) Zakerana nepalensis

Minervarya nepalensis (Nepal cricket frog or Nepal warty frog) is a small-sized frog native to northern and northeastern India, Bangladesh, and Nepal. It has recently been reported also from Bhutan. ^{[2] [3]} Having distinct and narrow middorsal line (MDL); indistinct skin fringe on outer side of 5th toe; relative finger length (RFL) is 2<1<4<3, 1st finger scarcely longer than 2nd; laterally dark and medially pale throat in males; body tubercles oblong, arranged in longitudinal folds; and snout jutting over jaw.

References

1. IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group. (2022). "Minervarya nepalensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2022: e.T58280A166099753. Retrieved 1 June 2025.
2. Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Zakerana nepalensis (Dubois, 1975)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
3. Wangyal, J. T. (2013). "New records of reptiles and amphibians from Bhutan". Journal of Threatened Taxa. 5 (13): 4774–4783. doi: 10.11609/JoTT.o3539.4774-83 .

• Rasel, M.M.R., Hannan, M.A. and Howlader, M.S.A. 2007. Four new country records of Fejervarya Bolkay, 1915 (Amphibia: Anura: Dicroglossidae) from Bangladesh. Bonnoprani – Bangladesh Wildlife Bulletin 4(1-2): 1–3.