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Minervarya gomantaki

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Minervarya gomantaki
From Sawantwadi, Sindhudurg, Maharashtra.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Dicroglossidae
Genus: Minervarya
Species:
M. gomantaki
Binomial name
Minervarya gomantaki
(Dinesh, Vijayakumar, Channakeshavamurthy, Torsekar, Kulkarni, and Shanker, 2015)
Synonyms

Fejervarya gomantaki (Dinesh, Vijayakumar, Channakeshavamurthy, Torsekar, Kulkarni, and Shanker, 2015)

Minervarya gomantaki, previously in the genus Fejervarya, is a species of frog, endemic to the Western Ghats region of India.[2][3][4][5] It is also known as the Goan cricket frog[6] or the Gomantak white lipped cricket Frog.[7]

From Devihasol, Maharashtra.

References

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  1. ^ IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group. (2023). "Minervarya gomantaki". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2023: e.T112690264A112690319. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T112690264A112690319.en.
  2. ^ Dinesh, K.P.; Vijayakumar, S.P.; Channakeshavamurthy, B.H.; Torsekar, Varun R.; Kulkarni, Nirmal U.; Shanker, Kartik (2015-08-07). "Systematic status of Fejervarya ((Amphibia, Anura, Dicroglossidae) from South and SE Asia with the description of a new species from the Western Ghats of Peninsular India". Zootaxa. 3999 (1). doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3999.1.5. ISSN 1175-5334.
  3. ^ "Minervarya gomantaki (Dinesh, Vijayakumar, Channakeshavamurthy, Torsekar, Kulkarni, and Shanker, 2015) | Amphibian Species of the World". amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org. Retrieved 2024-03-31.
  4. ^ "New frog species identified in Ghats". The Hindu. 2015-08-11. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2024-03-31.
  5. ^ "Croak! Another frog species found in Goa". The Times of India. 2015-08-09. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2024-03-31.
  6. ^ "Goan Cricket Frog (Minervarya gomantaki)". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2024-03-31.
  7. ^ K.P., Dinesh & Radhakrishnan, C & .P, Deepak & Kulkarni, N. (2023). A Checklist of Indian Amphibians with Common names for the country and their IUCN Conservation Status.