Minervarya brevipalmata

Minervarya brevipalmata
Conservation status
	; Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Family:	Dicroglossidae
Genus:	Minervarya
Species:	M. brevipalmata
Binomial name
	Minervarya brevipalmata; (Peters, 1871)
	Range of Z. brevipalmata
Synonyms
	Rana brevipalmata Peters, 1871; Limnonectes brevipalmatus (Peters, 1871); Fejervarya brevipalmata (Peters, 1871)

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 states).[2] M. 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

Biju, S.D. & Dutta, S. (2009). "Zakerana brevipalmata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009. Retrieved 14 February 2014.old-form url
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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[IUCN-1] Biju, S.D. & Dutta, S. (2009). "Zakerana brevipalmata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009. Retrieved 14 February 2014.old-form url

[frost-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.