Zakerana nepalensis

Zakerana nepalensis
Zakerana nepalensis from Samdrup Jongkhar District, Bhutan
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Dicroglossidae
Subfamily: Dicroglossinae
Genus: Zakerana
Species: Z. nepalensis
Binomial name
Zakerana nepalensis
(Dubois, 1975)
Synonyms

Rana nepalensis Dubois, 1975
Fejervarya nepalensis (Dubois, 1975)

The Nepal cricket frog or Nepal warty frog (Zakerana nepalensis), is a small-sized frog native to northern and northeastern India, Bangladesh, and Nepal. It has recently been reported also from Bhutan.[2][3] Having distinct and narrow middorsal line (MDL); indistinct skin fringe on outer side of 5th toe; relative finger length (RFL) is 2<1<4<3, 1st finger scarcely longer than 2nd; laterally dark and medially pale throat in males; body tubercles oblong, arranged in longitudinal folds; and snout jutting over jaw.

References

  1. Sabitry Bordoloi & Tej Kumar Shrestha (2009). "Zakerana nepalensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
  2. Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Zakerana nepalensis (Dubois, 1975)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
  3. Wangyal, J. T. (2013). "New records of reptiles and amphibians from Bhutan". Journal of Threatened Taxa. 5 (13): 4774–4783. doi:10.11609/JoTT.o3539.4774-83.


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