Zakerana
| Zakerana | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Zakerana keralensis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Dicroglossidae |
| Subfamily: | Dicroglossinae |
| Genus: | Zakerana Howlader, 2011[1][2] |
| Type species | |
| Rana limnocharis syhadrensis Annandale, 1919 | |
| Diversity | |
| 20 species, see text | |
Zakerana is a genus of frogs in the Dicroglossidae family from southern Asia (Sri Lanka and Indian subcontinent including Pakistan, Nepal, and Bangladesh). They are sometimes known as the South Asian cricket frogs.[2] The genus was described in 2011 and named in respect of the founder of Zoology department in Dhaka University Dr Kazi Zaker Hossain.[3]
Taxonomy
Zakerana were split off from Fejervarya in 2011. This was the culmination of recognizing that Fejervarya (as known before) was paraphyletic and consisted of two different groups; this recognition had already developing some years before. The sister taxon of Zakerana is Sphaerotheca.[2][4] Fejervarya, as currently defined, has a more eastern distribution than the southern Asiatic Zakerana, from eastern India eastwards.[4]
Species
There are 20 species in this genus:[2]
- Zakerana asmati (Howlader, 2011)
- Zakerana brevipalmata (Peters, 1871)
- Zakerana caperata (Kuramoto, Joshy, Kurabayashi, and Sumida, 2008)
- Zakerana granosa (Kuramoto, Joshy, Kurabayashi, and Sumida, 2008)
- Zakerana greenii (Boulenger, 1905)
- Zakerana keralensis (Dubois, 1981)
- Zakerana kirtisinghei (Manamendra-Arachchi and Gabadage, 1996)
- Zakerana kudremukhensis (Kuramoto, Joshy, Kurabayashi, and Sumida, 2008)
- Zakerana mudduraja (Kuramoto, Joshy, Kurabayashi, and Sumida, 2008)
- Zakerana murthii (Pillai, 1979)
- Zakerana mysorensis (Rao, 1922)
- Zakerana nepalensis (Dubois, 1975)
- Zakerana nilagirica (Jerdon, 1854)
- Zakerana parambikulamana (Rao, 1937)
- Zakerana pierrei (Dubois, 1975)
- Zakerana rufescens (Jerdon, 1854)
- Zakerana sauriceps (Rao, 1937)
- Zakerana sengupti (Purkayastha and Matsui, 2012)
- Zakerana syhadrensis (Annandale, 1919)
- Zakerana teraiensis (Dubois, 1984)
References
- ↑ Howlader, M.S.A. "Cricket frog (Amphibia: Anura: Dicroglossidae): two regions of Asia are corresponding two groups". Bonnoprani: Bangladesh Wildlife Bulletin 5 (1–2): 1–7.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Zakerana Howlader, 2011". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
- ↑ Hafez Ahmed. "Our Golden Boy". Daily-sun.com. Retrieved 2014-07-21.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Fejervarya Bolkay, 1915". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 6 February 2014.