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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Anura |
Family: | Dicroglossidae |
Genus: | Minervarya |
Species: | M. agricola
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Binomial name | |
Minervarya agricola (Jerdon, 1853)
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Minervarya agricola (common name: common Indian cricket frog) is a species of frog that is native to Indian subcontinent. [1] Earlier identified as M. granosa and Zakerana syhadrensis due to large distribution, the species was classified as a separate species in 2019. [2]
It is a widespread species in Indian subcontinent, and found in India, Sri Lanka and Nepal. [3]
It occupies a wide range of habitats from flooded fields and human habitation in the plains to the wet forests on the hills. [3]