Minervarya rufescens | |
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Minervarya rufescens from Madayippara, Kerala | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Anura |
Family: | Dicroglossidae |
Genus: | Minervarya |
Species: | M. rufescens
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Binomial name | |
Minervarya rufescens (
Jerdon, 1854)
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Synonyms | |
Pyxicephalus rufescens Jerdon, 1854 |
Minervarya rufescens (common names: Malabar wart frog, reddish burrowing frog, or rufescent burrowing frog) is a species of frog that is endemic to the Western Ghats, India. It occurs in Maharashtra, Karnataka, Goa, and Kerala states. [2] It is a locally common species associated with riparian and forest edge habitats in open and lightly degraded tropical moist semi-evergreen forests. [1]