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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Minervarya gomantaki, previously in the genus Fejervarya, is a species of frog, endemic to the Western Ghats region of India.[2][3][4][5][6][7] It is also known as the Goan cricket frog[8] or the Gomantak white lipped cricket Frog.[9]
Habitat
This frog lives in grasslands surrounded by forest, where it is found in mud, ponds, temporary ponds, paddy fields, and puddles. It has also been observed on cashew plantations, indicating it has some tolerance to habitat disturbance. Scientists observed this frog between 50 and 800 meters above sea level.[3][1]
This frog has been reported from several protected areas: Bondla Wildlife Sanctuary, Tillari Conservation Reserve, Sahyadri Tiger Reserve, and Phansad Wildlife Sanctuary.[1]
Threats
The IUCN classifies this frog as least concern of extinction. What threat it faces comes from agricultural pesticides, climate change, which could alter habitat and breeding areas, and the fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, which scientists have observed on other frogs in Minervarya. B. dendrobatidis causes the fungal disease chytridiomycosis, which has killed many amphibians.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d 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.
- ^ 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): 79–94. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3999.1.5. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 26250327.
- ^ a b Frost, Darrel R. "Minervarya gomantaki (Dinesh, Vijayakumar, Channakeshavamurthy, Torsekar, Kulkarni, and Shanker, 2015)". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved July 17, 2025.
- ^ "Minervarya gomantaki (Dinesh, Vijayakumar, Channakeshavamurthy, Torsekar, Kulkarni, and Shanker, 2015)". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved July 17, 2025.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.