Nilgiris wart frog | |
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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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Binomial name | |
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]
Minervarya nilagirica has a relatively large size compared to the other species in its genus. [4]
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]
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Nilgiris wart frog | |
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Male vocalizing | |
Scientific classification
![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Anura |
Family: | Dicroglossidae |
Genus: | Minervarya |
Species: | M. nilagirica
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Binomial name | |
Minervarya nilagirica (Jerdon, 1853)
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Synonyms [2] | |
List
|
Minervarya nilagirica, commonly known as Nilgiris wart frog, or Nilgiris frog, is a species of frog that is endemic to India. [3]
Minervarya nilagirica has a relatively large size compared to the other species in its genus. [4]
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]
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cite journal}}
: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (
link)