Minervarya keralensis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Anura |
Family: | Dicroglossidae |
Genus: | Minervarya |
Species: | M. keralensis
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Binomial name | |
Minervarya keralensis (Dubois, 1981)
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Range of F. keralensis in the Western Ghats | |
Synonyms | |
Rana verrucosa Günther, 1876 |
Minervarya keralensis (common names: verrucose frog, Kerala wart(y) frog, or Dubois' hill frog) is a species of frog from India. Originally described by Albert Günther in 1876, its present-day specific epithet, keralensis, meaning "of Kerala", was introduced as replacement name by Alain Dubois in 1981.[2]