Minervarya sahyadris
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Minervarya sahyadris | ||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservation status | ||||||||||||||
Scientific classification | ||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||
Binomial name | ||||||||||||||
Minervarya sahyadris Dubois, Ohler & Biju, 2001 |
Minervarya sahyadris is a species of frog in the Ranidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Minervarya. It is endemic to India. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, rivers, pastureland, heavily degraded former forest, open excavations, and seasonally flooded agricultural land. It is threatened by habitat loss.
[edit] References
- Biju, S.D., Bhuddhe, G.D., Dutta, S., Vasudevan, K., Srinivasulu, C. & Vijayakumar, S.P. 2004. Minervarya sahyadris. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 23 July 2007.