Minervarya nepalensis

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Minervarya nepalensis
Fejervarya nepalensis, Samdrup Jongkhar, Bhutan.jpg
Zakerana nepalensis from Samdrup Jongkhar District, Bhutan
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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.

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References

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