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Minervarya agricola
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Family:	Dicroglossidae
Genus:	Minervarya
Species:	M. agricola
Binomial name
Minervarya agricola (Jerdon, 1853)
Synonyms
Rana agricola Jerdon, 1853 Minervarya granosa (Kuramoto, Joshy, Kurabayashi & Sumida, 2008) Fejervarya granosa Kuramoto, Joshy, Kurabayashi, and Sumida, 2008 "2007" Zakerana granosa Howlader, 2011 Fejervarya agricola Ganesh, Dutta, and Chandramouli, 2017 Fejervarya granosa Dinesh, Vijayakumar, Channakeshavamurthy, Torsekar, Kulkarni, and Shanker, 2015

Minervarya agricola (common name: common Indian cricket frog) is a species of frog that is native to Indian subcontinent. Earlier identified as M. granosa and Zakerana syhadrensis due to large distribution, the species was classified as a separate species in 2019.

Distribution

It is a widespread species in Indian subcontinent, and found in India, Sri Lanka and Nepal.

Ecology

It occupies a wide range of habitats from flooded fields and human habitation in the plains to the wet forests on the hills.

References

1. "Minervarya agricola". Amphibia Web. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
2. "Minervarya agricola". Amphibian Species of the World. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
3. ^ "On the taxonomic status of Minervarya granosa (Kuramoto, Joshy, Kurabayashi & Sumida, 2008) and the distribution of M. agricola (Jerdon, 1853) Amphibia: Anura: Dicroglossidae" (PDF). Asian Journal of Conservation Biology, July 2019. Vol. 8 No. 1, pp. 84-87. Retrieved 23 January 2020.

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