Minervarya gomantaki
| Minervarya gomantaki | |
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| From Sawantwadi, Sindhudurg, Maharashtra. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Dicroglossidae |
| Genus: | Minervarya |
| Species: | M. gomantaki
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| Binomial name | |
| Minervarya gomantaki (Dinesh, Vijayakumar, Channakeshavamurthy, Torsekar, Kulkarni, and Shanker, 2015)
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| Synonyms | |
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Fejervarya gomantaki (Dinesh, Vijayakumar, Channakeshavamurthy, Torsekar, Kulkarni, and Shanker, 2015) | |
Minervarya gomantaki, previously in the genus Fejervarya, is a species of frog, endemic to the Western Ghats region of India.[2][3][4][5] It is also known as the Goan cricket frog[6] or the Gomantak white lipped cricket Frog.[7]
Description
In field, Minervarya gomantaki does not have any morphologically similar congeneric sympatric species, and it can be identified on the basis of its small size, presence of white horizontal band on the upper lip and the presence of rictal glands.[2]
Distribution
Minervarya gomantaki is restricted in distribution to low and medium elevati ons with a small range around the Goa region in the northern Western Ghats. It is geographically disjunct from its sister species, Minervarya syhadrensis.
The species is known from Virdi (Maharashtra), Chigule (Karnataka), Chorla Ghat, Bondla, Surla, Keri, Honda and Vagheri (Goa) in the Western Ghats.[3]
Habitat and ecology
An amplected pair laid 45 eggs under captive conditions in the month of July 2014. This species was observed calling in stagnant mud pools, artificial ponds and from grasses or herbs,[3] mostly in the monsoon during the late evening.[5]
References
- ^ IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group. (2023). "Minervarya gomantaki". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2023: e.T112690264A112690319. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T112690264A112690319.en.
- ^ a b Dinesh, K.P.; Vijayakumar, S.P.; Channakeshavamurthy, B.H.; Torsekar, Varun R.; Kulkarni, Nirmal U.; Shanker, Kartik (2015-08-07). "Systematic status of Fejervarya ((Amphibia, Anura, Dicroglossidae) from South and SE Asia with the description of a new species from the Western Ghats of Peninsular India". Zootaxa. 3999 (1). doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3999.1.5. ISSN 1175-5334.
- ^ a b c "Minervarya gomantaki (Dinesh, Vijayakumar, Channakeshavamurthy, Torsekar, Kulkarni, and Shanker, 2015) | Amphibian Species of the World". amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org. Retrieved 2024-03-31.
- ^ "New frog species identified in Ghats". The Hindu. 2015-08-11. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2024-03-31.
- ^ a b "Croak! Another frog species found in Goa". The Times of India. 2015-08-09. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2024-03-31.
- ^ "Goan Cricket Frog (Minervarya gomantaki)". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2024-03-31.
- ^ K.P., Dinesh & Radhakrishnan, C & .P, Deepak & Kulkarni, N. (2023). A Checklist of Indian Amphibians with Common names for the country and their IUCN Conservation Status.
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