Zakerana rufescens | |
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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) |
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Synonyms | |
Pyxicephalus 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.