Minervarya agricola

Minervarya agricola
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
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]

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References

"Minervarya agricola". Amphibia Web. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
"Minervarya agricola". Amphibian Species of the World. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
"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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[1] "Minervarya agricola". Amphibia Web. Retrieved 23 January 2020.

[2] "Minervarya agricola". Amphibian Species of the World. Retrieved 23 January 2020.

[agricola-3] "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.