Zakerana murthii

Zakerana murthii (common names: Ghats wart frog, Murthy's frog) is a critically endangered species of frog that is endemic to the Western Ghats in Tamil Nadu and Karnataka states, India. It resembles Zakerana greenii.[2] It is a little-known species from tropical moist forests.[1]

Zakerana murthii

Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Dicroglossidae
Genus: Zakerana
Species:
Z. murthii
Binomial name
Zakerana murthii
(Pillai, 1979)
Synonyms
  • Rana murthii Pillai, 1979
  • Fejervarya murthii (Pillai, 1979)

References

  1. Biju, S.D.; Dutta, S. & Ravichandran, M.S. (2016). "Fejervarya murthii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T58278A91234248. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T58278A91234248.en.
  2. Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Zakerana murthii (Pillai, 1979)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 15 February 2014.


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