Minervarya brevipalmata | |
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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. brevipalmata
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Binomial name | |
Minervarya brevipalmata (
Peters, 1871)
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Range of Z. brevipalmata | |
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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]