''Minervarya'' is a genus of frogs in the family

Dicroglossidae The frog family Dicroglossidae occurs in tropical and subtropical regions of Asia and Africa, with most genera and species being found in Asia. The common name of the family is fork-tongued frogs. The Dicroglossidae were previously considered to ...

from south Asia (Sri Lanka, the

Indian subcontinent The Indian subcontinent is a physiographical region in Southern Asia. It is situated on the Indian Plate, projecting southwards into the Indian Ocean from the Himalayas. Geopolitically, it includes the countries of Bangladesh, Bhutan, India ...

including Pakistan, Nepal, and Bangladesh), and Nepal and Bhutan. They are also known as cricket frogs or rice frogs.

Taxonomy

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''.

Species

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Minervarya agricola ''Minervarya agricola'' (common name: common Indian cricket frog) is a species of frog that is native to Indian subcontinent. Earlier identified as ''M. granosa'' and ''Zakerana syhadrensis'' due to large distribution, the species was classified ...

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Minervarya andamanensis Minervarya andamanensis, commonly known as the Andaman frog, chestnut-brown frog, or Andaman wart frog Minervarya asmati ''Minervarya asmati'' (Bangladeshi cricket frog) is a species of frogs found in the Chittagong and Dhaka, Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most ...

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Minervarya brevipalmata ''Minervarya brevipalmata'' (common names: short-webbed frog, Peters' frog, and Pegu wart frog) is a species of frog found in the Western Ghats in southern India (Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, and Kerala Kerala ( ; ) is a state on the Mala ...

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Minervarya cepfi ''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. Taxonomy T ...

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Minervarya chiangmaiensis ''Minervarya chiangmaiensis'', commonly known as the Chiang Mai rain-pool frog, is a species of frog in the family Dicroglossidae. The holotype specimen was collected in Ban Monjong, Omkoi District Omkoi ( th, อมก๋อย, ) is the ...

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Minervarya chilapata ''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. Taxonomy T ...

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Minervarya goemchi ''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. Taxonomy T ...

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Minervarya gomantaki ''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. Taxonomy T ...

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Minervarya greenii ''Minervarya greenii'' (common names: montane frog, Sri Lanka paddy field frog) is a species of frog that is endemic to the hills of central Sri Lanka. It lives in wetland habitats within montane tropical moist forests. It is threatened by habit ...

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Minervarya kadar ''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. Taxonomy T ...

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Minervarya kalinga ''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. Taxonomy T ...

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Minervarya keralensis ''Minervarya keralensis'' (common names: verrucose frog, Kerala wart(y) frog, or Dubois' hill frog) is a species of frog from India. Originally described by Albert Günther in 1876, its present-day specific epithet, ''keralensis'', meaning "of ...

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Minervarya kirtisinghei ''Minervarya kirtisinghei'' (Kirtisinghe's frog) is a species of frog in the family Dicroglossidae. It is endemic to Sri Lanka where it is found in the montane south-central to lowland southwestern areas. ''Minervarya kirtisinghei'' is a commo ...

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Minervarya krishnan ''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. Taxonomy T ...

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Minervarya manoharani ''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. Taxonomy T ...

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Minervarya marathi ''Minervarya marathi'' is a species of frog native to Maharashtra, India. They live near areas of water like paddy fields and also grasslands. The species was discovered by researchers from the Zoological Survey of India and Savitribai Phule Pune ...

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Minervarya muangkanensis ''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. Taxonomy T ...

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Minervarya mysorensis ''Minervarya mysorensis'' (Mysore frog) is a species of frog that is endemic to the Western Ghats, India. It is only known from its type locality, Jog in Shimoga district, Karnataka Karnataka (; ISO: , , also known as Karunāḍu) is ...

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Minervarya neilcoxi ''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. Taxonomy T ...

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Minervarya nepalensis ''Minervarya nepalensis'' (Nepal cricket frog or Nepal warty frog) is a small-sized frog native to northern and northeastern India, Bangladesh, and Nepal. It has recently been reported also from Bhutan Bhutan (; dz, འབྲུག་� ...

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Minervarya nicobariensis ''Minervarya nicobariensis'', the Nicobar frog or Nicobar cricket-frog, is a species of frog endemic to the Nicobar Islands of India. In the past it has been considered to be the same species as '' Fejervarya andamanensis'' from the neighbouring ...

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Minervarya nilagirica ''Minervarya nilagirica'', commonly known as Nilgiris wart frog, or Nilgiris frog, is a species of frog that is endemic to India. Description ''Minervarya nilagirica'' has a relatively large size compared to the other species in its genus. H ...

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Minervarya pentali ''Minervarya pentali'', or Pental's Minervaryan frog, is a species of frog in the fork-tongued frog family, Dicroglossidae. It is endemic to the Western Ghats in India. Etymology The species is named ''pentali'' after Deepak Pental, plant gene ...

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Minervarya pierrei ''Minervarya pierrei'' (Pierre's wart frog, Pierre's cricket frog) is a species of frog in the family Dicroglossidae. It is found in Nepal, adjacent India, and eastern Bangladesh. It has recently been reported also from Bhutan Bhutan (; ...

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Minervarya rufescens ''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 Kera ...

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Minervarya sahyadris ''Minervarya sahyadris'', also known as the small cricket frog, is a species of frog in the family Dicroglossidae. It is endemic to central Western Ghats of kerala& Karnataka in India. Distribution ''Minervarya sahyadris'' is endemic ...

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Minervarya sengupti ''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. Taxonomy ...

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Minervarya syhadrensis ''Minervarya syhadrensis'', commonly known as long-legged cricket frog, Syhadra frog, Bombay wart frog, and many others, is a species of frog in the family Dicroglossidae found in India, Bangladesh, and Nepal at low to moderate elevations. It i ...

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Minervarya teraiensis ''Minervarya teraiensis'' (Terai cricket frog or Terai wart(y) frog) is a species of frog that is found in southern Nepal, adjacent Sikkim and northeastern India, and southeastern and central Bangladesh. It has recently been reported also fr ...

References

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