Minervarya keralensis

Minervarya keralensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Dicroglossidae
Genus: Minervarya
Species:
M. keralensis
Binomial name
Minervarya keralensis
(Dubois, 1981)
Range of F. keralensis in the Western Ghats
Synonyms

Rana verrucosa Günther, 1876
Rana keralensis Dubois, 1981
Limnonectes keralensis (Dubois, 1981)
Fejervarya keralensis (Dubois, 1981)

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]

  1. ^ Biju, S.D.; Dutta, S. & Ravichandran, M.S. (2009). "Zakerana keralensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009. Retrieved 27 October 2013.
  2. ^ Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Zakerana keralensis (Dubois, 1981)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 9 February 2014.