Nanorana minica (common names: Nepal paa frog, tiny frog, small paa frog) is a species of frog in the family Dicroglossidae. It is found in northern India (Uttar Pradesh and Himachal Pradesh) and in western and eastern Nepal.[2] It is a fairly common species found in subtropical montane forest and streams. It is threatened by habitat loss through the localized clearance of forest.[1] Tadpoles of this N. minica has been reported to overwinter in the streams.[3] Stream flow management and subsequent habitat modification by check dams is one of the threats[1] the species is facing and check dams have been found to influence the overwintering tadpoles' behavior, habitat use patterns and morphometric traits.[4][5]
| Nanorana minica | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Dicroglossidae |
| Genus: | Nanorana |
| Species: | N. minica
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| Binomial name | |
| Nanorana minica (Dubois, 1975)
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| Synonyms | |
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Rana tuberculata Tilak & Roy, 1985 | |
References
edit- ^ a b c IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2022). "Nanorana minica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T58432A166103873. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
- ^ Frost, Darrel R. (2013). "Nanorana minica (Dubois, 1975)". Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
- ^ Jithin, V. (2021-07-01). Tadpoles with a trick: Overwintering Ecology of Tadpoles in a Himalayan Stream, Uttarakhand, India (Thesis). doi:10.5281/zenodo.6327622.
- ^ Jithin, V.; Johnson, Jeyaraj Antony; Das, Abhijit (2022-07-01). "Influence of check dams on the activity pattern and morphometric traits of overwintering tadpoles in the Western Himalaya". Limnologica. 95: 125992. doi:10.1016/j.limno.2022.125992. ISSN 0075-9511. S2CID 248782326.
- ^ Jithin, Vijayan; Das, Abhijit; Johnson, Jeyaraj A. (2022-08-03). "Understanding the influence of check dam and season on habitat use to develop habitat suitability criteria for overwintering tadpoles of Nanorana spp". River Research and Applications. 38 (9): 1629–1641. doi:10.1002/rra.4033. ISSN 1535-1459. S2CID 251341134.
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