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Zakerana rufescens

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Order
  
Anura

Genus
  
Zakerana

Higher classification
  
Fejervarya

Phylum
  
Chordata

Family
  
Dicroglossidae

Scientific name
  
Fejervarya rufescens

Rank
  
Species

Zakerana rufescens

Similar
  
Fejervarya, Frog, Amphibians, Fejervarya sahyadris, Zakerana murthii

Zakerana rufescens (common names: Malabar wart frog, reddish burrowing frog, or rufescent burrowing frog) is a species of frog that is endemic to the Western Ghats, India. It occurs in Maharashtra, Karnataka, Goa, and Kerala states. It is a locally common species associated with riparian and forest edge habitats in open and lightly degraded tropical moist semi-evergreen forests.

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Zakerana rufescens Wikipedia