Minervarya agricola
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Dicroglossidae
Genus: Minervarya
Species:
M. agricola
Binomial name
Minervarya agricola
(Jerdon, 1853)
Synonyms
  • Rana agricola Jerdon, 1853
  • Minervarya granosa (Kuramoto, Joshy, Kurabayashi & Sumida, 2008)
  • Fejervarya granosa Kuramoto, Joshy, Kurabayashi, and Sumida, 2008 "2007"
  • Zakerana granosa Howlader, 2011
  • Fejervarya agricola Ganesh, Dutta, and Chandramouli, 2017
  • Fejervarya granosa Dinesh, Vijayakumar, Channakeshavamurthy, Torsekar, Kulkarni, and Shanker, 2015

Minervarya agricola (common name: common Indian cricket frog) is a species of frog that is native to Indian subcontinent.[1] Earlier identified as M. granosa and Zakerana syhadrensis due to large distribution, the species was classified as a separate species in 2019.[2]

Distribution

It is a widespread species in Indian subcontinent, and found in India, Sri Lanka and Nepal.[3]

Ecology

It occupies a wide range of habitats from flooded fields and human habitation in the plains to the wet forests on the hills.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Minervarya agricola". Amphibia Web. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
  2. ↑ "Minervarya agricola". Amphibian Species of the World. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
  3. 1 2 "On the taxonomic status of Minervarya granosa (Kuramoto, Joshy, Kurabayashi & Sumida, 2008) and the distribution of M. agricola (Jerdon, 1853) Amphibia: Anura: Dicroglossidae" (PDF). Asian Journal of Conservation Biology, July 2019. Vol. 8 No. 1, pp. 84-87. Retrieved 23 January 2020.


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