Zakerana rufescens
Zakerana rufescens | |
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Zakerana rufescens from Madayippara, Kerala | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Anura |
Family: | Dicroglossidae |
Subfamily: | Dicroglossinae |
Genus: | Zakerana |
Species: | Z. rufescens |
Binomial name | |
Zakerana rufescens (Jerdon, 1854) | |
Synonyms | |
Pyxicephalus rufescens Jerdon, 1854 |
Zakerana rufescens (common names: Malabar wart frog, reddish burrowing frog, or rufescent burrowing frog) is a species of frog that is endemic to the Western Ghats, India. It occurs in Maharashtra, Karnataka, Goa, and Kerala states.[2] It is a locally common species associated with riparian and forest edge habitats in open and lightly degraded tropical moist semi-evergreen forests.[1]
References
- 1 2 Biju, S.D.; Dutta, S. & Padhye, A. (2009). "Zakerana rufescens". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
- ↑ Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Zakerana rufescens (Jerdon, 1854)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
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