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{{Short description|Species of amphibian}}
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| status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
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| image = Minervarya agricola.jpg
| taxon = Minervarya agricola
| authority = (Jerdon, 1853)
| synonyms = * ''Rana agricola'' Jerdon, 1853
* ''Minervarya granosa'' (Kuramoto, Joshy, Kurabayashi & Sumida, 2008)
* ''Fejervarya granosa'' Kuramoto, Joshy, Kurabayashi, and Sumida, 2008 "2007"
* ''Zakerana granosa'' Howlader, 2011
* ''Fejervarya agricola'' Ganesh, Dutta, and Chandramouli, 2017
* ''Fejervarya granosa'' Dinesh, Vijayakumar, Channakeshavamurthy, Torsekar, Kulkarni, and Shanker, 2015
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'''''Minervarya agricola''''' (common name: '''common Indian cricket frog''') is a species of [[frog]] that is native to Indian subcontinent.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://amphibiaweb.org/species/8965 |title=Minervarya agricola |publisher=Amphibia Web |access-date=23 January 2020}}</ref> Earlier identified as ''M. granosa'' and ''Zakerana syhadrensis'' due to large distribution, the species was classified as a separate species in 2019.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/Amphibia/Anura/Dicroglossidae/Dicroglossinae/Minervarya/Minervarya-agricola |title=Minervarya agricola |publisher=Amphibian Species of the World |access-date=23 January 2020}}</ref>

==Distribution==
It is a widespread species in Indian subcontinent, and found in India, Sri Lanka and Nepal.<ref name= agricola>{{cite web |url=https://www.ajcb.in/journals/short_others_july_2019/AJCB-Vol8-No1-Chandramouli%20et%20al.pdf |title=On the taxonomic status of Minervarya granosa (Kuramoto, Joshy, Kurabayashi & Sumida, 2008) and the distribution of M. agricola (Jerdon, 1853) Amphibia: Anura: Dicroglossidae |publisher=Asian Journal of Conservation Biology, July 2019. Vol. 8 No. 1, pp. 84-87 |access-date=23 January 2020}}</ref>

==Ecology==
It occupies a wide range of habitats from flooded fields and human habitation in the plains to the wet forests on the hills.<ref name= agricola />

==References==
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[[Category:Minervarya|agricola]]
[[Category:Frogs of Sri Lanka]]
[[Category:Amphibians described in 1853]]

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