Zakerana brevipalmata

Zakerana brevipalmata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Dicroglossidae
Genus: Zakerana
Species: Z. brevipalmata
Binomial name
Zakerana brevipalmata
(Peters, 1871)
Range of Z. brevipalmata
Synonyms

Rana brevipalmata Peters, 1871
Limnonectes brevipalmatus (Peters, 1871)
Fejervarya brevipalmata (Peters, 1871)

Zakerana 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 states).[2] Zakerana brevipalmata is a little-known and uncommon grassland frog associated with waterlogged or marshy areas, but it has also been recorded from suitable wet patches of forest and lightly degraded former forest.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Biju, S.D. & Dutta, S. (2009). "Zakerana brevipalmata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
  2. Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Zakerana brevipalmata (Peters, 1871)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 14 February 2014.

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