Zakerana rufescens

Zakerana 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]

Zakerana rufescens
Zakerana rufescens from Madayippara, Kerala

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Dicroglossidae
Genus: Zakerana
Species:
Z. rufescens
Binomial name
Zakerana rufescens
(Jerdon, 1854)
Synonyms

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

References

  1. Biju, S.D.; Dutta, S. & Padhye, A. (2009). "Zakerana rufescens". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009. Retrieved 15 February 2014.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  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.
Color variations of Zakerana rufescens


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