Animalia > Chordata > Amphibia > Anura > Dicroglossidae > Minervarya > Minervarya nilagirica

Minervarya nilagirica (Nilgiris wart frog)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Zakerana nilagirica (Nilgiris wart frog or Nilgiri frog) is a species of frog that is endemic to the Western Ghats, India. It is known from Nilgiri mountains in Tamil Nadu and Wayanad district in Karnataka. It is known with certainty only from the two aforementioned localities, but it is locally common. It is associated with stagnant and running waters in disturbed forests and cultivated areas adjacent to forests.
View Wikipedia Record: Minervarya nilagirica

Endangered Species

Status: Endangered
View IUCN Record: Minervarya nilagirica

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
6
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
62
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 13.62
EDGE Score: 4.76
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Attributes

Litters / Year [1]  1
Snout to Vent Length [1]  1.996 inches (5.07 cm)

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
South Western Ghats montane rain forests India Indo-Malayan Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Mudumalai Sanctuary 53810 India  
Wayanad Sanctuary 85113 India  

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Western Ghats and Sri Lanka India, Sri Lanka Yes

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Oliveira, Brunno Freire; São-Pedro, Vinícius Avelar; Santos-Barrera, Georgina; Penone, Caterina; C. Costa, Gabriel. (2017) AmphiBIO, a global database for amphibian ecological traits. Sci. Data.
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0