Minervarya 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]

Minervarya rufescens
Minervarya rufescens from Madayippara, Kerala
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Dicroglossidae
Genus: Minervarya
Species:
M. rufescens
Binomial name
Minervarya rufescens
(Jerdon, 1854)
Synonyms

Pyxicephalus rufescens Jerdon, 1854
Fejervarya rufescens (Jerdon, 1854)

Color variations of Minervarya rufescens

References

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  1. ^ a b Biju, S.D.; Dutta, S. & Padhye, A. (2009). "Zakerana rufescens". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
  2. ^ 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.