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| Species: | Template:Taxonomy/MinervaryaM. nilagirica
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| Template:Taxonomy/MinervaryaMinervarya nilagirica (Jerdon, 1853)
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Minervarya nilagirica, commonly known as Nilgiris wart frog, or Nilgiri frog, is a species of frog that is endemic to India.[1][3]
Description[edit | edit source]
Minervarya nilagirica has a relatively large size compared to the other species in its genus.[4]
Habitat and distribution[edit | edit source]
It is found along roadsides and around wetlands excepting wet paddy fields.[4] It is found from Karnataka to Tamil Nadu, and Kerala, in the Western and Eastern Ghats of India, at 800-1600 m elevation.[3]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2023). "Minervarya nilagirica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2023 e.T206766457A166099958. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T206766457A166099958.en.
- ↑ Frost, Darrel R. (2018). "Minervarya mudduraja (Kuramoto, Joshy, Kurabayashi, and Sumida, 2008)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Minervarya nilagirica (Jerdon, 1853) | Amphibian Species of the World". amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org. Retrieved 9 November 2022.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Kuramoto, M.; Joshy, S. H.; Kurabayashi, A.; Sumida, M. (2007). "The genus Fejervarya (Anura: Ranidae) in central Western Ghats, India, with descriptions of four new cryptic species" (PDF). Current Herpetology. 26 (2): 81–105. doi:10.3105/1881-1019(2007)26[81:TGFARI]2.0.CO;2. S2CID 85988752.