Zakerana murthii
Zakerana murthii (common names: Ghats wart frog, Murthy's frog) is a critically endangered species of frog that is endemic to the Western Ghats in Tamil Nadu and Karnataka states, India. It resembles Zakerana greenii.[2] It is a little-known species from tropical moist forests.[1]
| Zakerana murthii | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Dicroglossidae |
| Genus: | Zakerana |
| Species: | Z. murthii |
| Binomial name | |
| Zakerana murthii (Pillai, 1979) | |
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References
- Biju, S.D.; Dutta, S. & Ravichandran, M.S. (2016). "Fejervarya murthii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T58278A91234248. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T58278A91234248.en.
- Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Zakerana murthii (Pillai, 1979)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
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