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| taxon = Minervarya nilagirica |
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* ''Fejervarya |
* ''Fejervarya nilagiricus'' <small>(Jerdon, 1853)</small> |
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* ''Fejervarya murthii'' <small>(Pillai, 1979)</small> |
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* ''Fejervarya mudduraja'' <small>Kuramoto, Joshy, Kurabayashi, and Sumida, 2008 "2007"</small> |
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* ''Minervarya mudduraja'' <small>(Kuramoto, Joshy, Kurabayashi, and Sumida, 2008)</small> |
* ''Minervarya mudduraja'' <small>(Kuramoto, Joshy, Kurabayashi, and Sumida, 2008)</small> |
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* ''Minervarya murthii'' <small>(Pillai, 1979)</small>* ''Rana nilagirica'' <small>Jerdon, 1853</small> |
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* ''Rana limnocharis nilagirica'' <small>Annandale, 1917</small> |
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* ''Rana murthii'' <small>Pillai, 1979</small> |
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* ''Zakerana nilagirica'' <small>(Jerdon, 1853)</small> |
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* ''Zakerana murthii'' <small>(Pillai, 1979)</small> |
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* ''Zakerana mudduraja'' <small>(Kuramoto, Joshy, Kurabayashi, and Sumida, 2008)</small> |
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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. nilagirica
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| Minervarya nilagirica (Jerdon, 1853)
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Minervarya nilagirica, commonly known as Nilgiris wart frog, or Nilgiris frog, is a species of frog that is endemic to India.[3]
Description
Minervarya nilagirica has a relatively large size compared to the other species in its genus.[4]
Habitat and distribution
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
- ^ Biju, S.D., Dutta, S. & Inger, R.F. (2016). "Fejervarya nilagirica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T58282A91236128. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T58282A91236128.en. Retrieved 9 November 2022.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ 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.
- ^ a b "Minervarya nilagirica (Jerdon, 1853) | Amphibian Species of the World". amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org. Retrieved 9 November 2022.
- ^ a b 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.
External links
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