Minervarya nilagirica
| Mudduraja cricket frog | |
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| Male vocalizing | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Dicroglossidae |
| Genus: | Zakerana |
| Species: | Z. mudduraja
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| Binomial name | |
| Zakerana mudduraja (Kuramoto, Joshy, Kurabayashi & Sumida, 2008)
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| Synonyms | |
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Fejervarya mudduraja Kuramoto, Joshy, Kurabayashi & Sumida, 2008 | |
Zakerana mudduraja (common names: Muddu Raja fejervarya, Mudduraja cricket frog) is a frog that is endemic to the Western Ghats.[1][2] It is named after the 17th century ruler Muddu Raja who founded Madikeri.[1]
Description
Zakerana mudduraja is a relatively large species among Zakerana from central Western Ghats. Mean snout to vent length of females is 45 mm (1.8 in) (range 38–54 mm). It is a cryptic species that is difficult to identify by morphological traits alone; it was first distinguished based on mitochondrial DNA analyses.[1]
Habitat and distribution
It is found along roadsides and around wetlands excepting wet paddy fields.[1] It is currently known from Mudigere and Madikeri in Karnataka.[2]
References
- ^ a b c d Kuramoto, M.; Joshy, S. H.; Kurabayashi, A.; Sumida, M. (2007). "The genus Fejervarya (Anura: Ranidae) in central Western Ghats, India, with descriptions of four new cryptic species". Current Herpetology. 26 (2): 81–105. doi:10.3105/1881-1019(2007)26[81:TGFARI]2.0.CO;2.
- ^ a b Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Zakerana mudduraja (Kuramoto, Joshy, Kurabayashi, and Sumida, 2008)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
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