Minervarya

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Minervarya is a genus of frogs in the family Dicroglossidae from south Asia (Sri Lanka, the Indian subcontinent including Pakistan, Nepal, and Bangladesh), and Nepal and Bhutan. They are also known as cricket frogs or rice frogs.[1]

Minervarya
Minervarya sahyadris
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Dicroglossidae
Subfamily: Dicroglossinae
Genus: Minervarya
Dubois, Ohler, and Biju, 2001
Type species
Minervarya sahyadris
Dubois, Ohler, and Biju, 2001
Species

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Synonyms
  • Zakerana Howlader, 2011

Taxonomy

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The genus Minervarya was erected to resolve the paraphyly of the genus Fejervarya which until 2022, encompassed the species now found in Minervarya. This split was originally proposed in 2018 using the name Zakerana, which is now recognised as a junior synonym to the name Minervarya.[1][2]

Species

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The following species are recognised in the genus Minervarya:[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b Kurabayashi, Atsushi; Sanchez, Eugenia; Kurabayashi, Atsushi; Biju, S.D.; Islam, Mohammed M.; Hasan, Mahmudul (2018). "Phylogeny and classification of fejervaryan frogs (Anura: Dicroglossidae)". Salamandra. 54 (1): 109–116.
  2. ^ a b "Minervarya Dubois, Ohler, and Biju, 2001 | Amphibian Species of the World". amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org. Retrieved 2022-11-09.