Minervarya

Minervarya
Minervarya sahyadris
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Dicroglossidae
Subfamily: Dicroglossinae
Genus: Minervarya
Dubois, Ohler, and Biju, 2001
Type species
Minervarya sahyadris
Dubois, Ohler, and Biju, 2001
Species

See text.

Synonyms
  • Zakerana Howlader, 2011

Minervarya is a genus of frogs in the family Dicroglossidae from south Asia (Sri Lanka, the Indian subcontinent including Pakistan, Nepal, and Bangladesh), and Nepal and Bhutan. They are also known as cricket frogs or rice frogs.[1]

  1. ^ Kurabayashi, Atsushi; Sanchez, Eugenia; Kurabayashi, Atsushi; Biju, S.D.; Islam, Mohammed M.; Hasan, Mahmudul (2018). "Phylogeny and classification of fejervaryan frogs (Anura: Dicroglossidae)". Salamandra. 54 (1): 109–116.