Minervarya gomantaki, previously in the genus Fejervarya, is a species of frog, endemic to the Western Ghats region of India.[2][3][4][5] It is also known as the Goan cricket frog[6] or the Gomantak white lipped cricket Frog.[7]
| Minervarya gomantaki | |
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| From Sawantwadi, Sindhudurg, Maharashtra. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Dicroglossidae |
| Genus: | Minervarya |
| Species: | M. gomantaki
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| Binomial name | |
| Minervarya gomantaki (Dinesh, Vijayakumar, Channakeshavamurthy, Torsekar, Kulkarni, and Shanker, 2015)
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| Synonyms | |
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Fejervarya gomantaki (Dinesh, Vijayakumar, Channakeshavamurthy, Torsekar, Kulkarni, and Shanker, 2015) | |
References
edit- ^ IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group. (2023). "Minervarya gomantaki". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2023: e.T112690264A112690319. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T112690264A112690319.en.
- ^ Dinesh, K.P.; Vijayakumar, S.P.; Channakeshavamurthy, B.H.; Torsekar, Varun R.; Kulkarni, Nirmal U.; Shanker, Kartik (2015-08-07). "Systematic status of Fejervarya ((Amphibia, Anura, Dicroglossidae) from South and SE Asia with the description of a new species from the Western Ghats of Peninsular India". Zootaxa. 3999 (1). doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3999.1.5. ISSN 1175-5334.
- ^ "Minervarya gomantaki (Dinesh, Vijayakumar, Channakeshavamurthy, Torsekar, Kulkarni, and Shanker, 2015) | Amphibian Species of the World". amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org. Retrieved 2024-03-31.
- ^ "New frog species identified in Ghats". The Hindu. 2015-08-11. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2024-03-31.
- ^ "Croak! Another frog species found in Goa". The Times of India. 2015-08-09. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2024-03-31.
- ^ "Goan Cricket Frog (Minervarya gomantaki)". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2024-03-31.
- ^ K.P., Dinesh & Radhakrishnan, C & .P, Deepak & Kulkarni, N. (2023). A Checklist of Indian Amphibians with Common names for the country and their IUCN Conservation Status.