Minervarya rufescens (Jerdon, 1853) is a animal in the Dicroglossidae family, order Anura, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Minervarya rufescens (Jerdon, 1853)

Minervarya rufescens (Jerdon, 1853)

Minervarya rufescens is an endemic frog species found in the Western Ghats, India.

Genus
Minervarya
Order
Anura
Class
Amphibia

About Minervarya rufescens (Jerdon, 1853)

Minervarya rufescens has common names including Malabar wart frog, reddish burrowing frog, and rufescent burrowing frog. This frog species is endemic to the Western Ghats region of India, where it occurs across the states of Maharashtra, Karnataka, Goa, and Kerala. It is locally common, and is associated with riparian habitats and forest edges within open, lightly degraded tropical moist semi-evergreen forests.

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Taxonomy

Animalia Chordata Amphibia Anura Dicroglossidae Minervarya

More from Dicroglossidae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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