Minervarya rufescens (Jerdon, 1853)
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
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.Recorded from Madayippara a lateritic hillock in the midland of Kannur District of Kerala.
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Open encyclopedia reference
Minervarya 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.
Wikipedia contributors, Minervarya rufescens; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T17:14:12.045184+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Minervarya rufescens (Jerdon, 1853)
- Name authority
- (Jerdon, 1853)
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Amphibia
- Order
- Anura
- Family
- Dicroglossidae
- Genus
- Minervarya
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classAmphibia
- orderAnura
- familyDicroglossidae Anderson, 1871
- subfamilyDicroglossinae Anderson, 1871
- genusMinervarya Dubois, Ohler & Biju, 2001
- speciesMinervarya rufescens (Jerdon, 1853)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Minervarya. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Minervarya neilcoxi (Garg & Biju, 2017) | DicroglossidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Minervarya sahyadris Dubois, Ohler & Biju, 2001 | DicroglossidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Minervarya syhadrensis (Annandale, 1919) | DicroglossidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Minervarya marathi (Phuge, Dinesh, Andhale, Bhakare & Pandit, 2019) | DicroglossidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Minervarya agricola (Jerdon, 1853) | DicroglossidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Minervarya chilapata Ohler, Deuti, Grosjean, Paul, Ayyaswamy, Ahmed & Dutta, 2009 | DicroglossidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Minervarya muangkanensis (Suwannapoom, Yuan, Jiang, Yan, Gao & Che, 2017) | DicroglossidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Minervarya asmati (Howlader, 2011) | DicroglossidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Minervarya krishnan (Raj, Dinesh, Das, Dutta, Kar & Mohapatra, 2018) | DicroglossidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Minervarya manoharani (Garg & Biju, 2017) | DicroglossidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Minervarya kalinga (Raj, Dinesh, Das, Dutta, Kar & Mohapatra, 2018) | DicroglossidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Minervarya cepfi (Garg & Biju, 2017) | DicroglossidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Sphaerotheca rufescens (Jerdon, 1853) (Jerdon, 1853) | synonym |
| Rana rufescens (Jerdon, 1853) (Jerdon, 1853) | synonym |
| Zakerana rufescens (Jerdon, 1853) (Jerdon, 1853) | synonym |
| Pyxicephalus rufescens Jerdon, 1853 Jerdon, 1853 | synonym |
| Tomopterna rufescens (Jerdon, 1853) (Jerdon, 1853) | synonym |
| Fejervarya rufescens (Jerdon, 1853) (Jerdon, 1853) | synonym |
| Limnonectes rufescens (Jerdon, 1853) (Jerdon, 1853) | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=1104834 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:43JBB. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.