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Zakerana rufescens

Zakerana rufescens
Zakerana rufescens-Madayippara.jpg
Zakerana rufescens from Madayippara, Kerala
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Dicroglossidae
Genus: Zakerana
Species: Z. rufescens
Binomial name
Zakerana rufescens
(Jerdon, 1854)
Synonyms

Pyxicephalus rufescens Jerdon, 1854
Fejervarya rufescens (Jerdon, 1854)


Pyxicephalus rufescens Jerdon, 1854
Fejervarya rufescens (Jerdon, 1854)

Zakerana rufescens (common names: Malabar wart frog, reddish burrowing frog, or rufescent burrowing frog) is a species of frog that is endemic to the Western Ghats, India. It occurs in Maharashtra, Karnataka, Goa, and Kerala states. It is a locally common species associated with riparian and forest edge habitats in open and lightly degraded tropical moist semi-evergreen forests.



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