Overview
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Description
Habitat
Ecology: It is associated with stagnant
and running waters
in disturbed
forest
and cultivated areas adjacent
to forests, and is not found in cultivated areas away from the forest. Breeding takes place in both artificial and natural ponds
. There is little information on its larval ecology.[1]
List of Habitats
:1.6Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland
1.9Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane
5.1Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls
)
5.8Wetlands (inland) - Seasonal/Intermittent Freshwater
Marshes/Pools (under 8ha)
14.1Artificial/Terrestrial - Arable Land
14.6Artificial/Terrestrial - Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest
15.2Artificial/Aquatic - Ponds (below 8ha)
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- Auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Amphibia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Amphibians
- Subclass:
Lissamphibia
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Order:
Anura
()
- (Rafinesque, 1815) Hogg, 1839:152
- Suborder:
Neobatrachia
()
- Reig, 1958
- Superfamily:
Ranoidea
()
- Rafinesque, 1814
- Family:
Ranidae
()
- Rafinesque-Schmaltz, 1814
- Genus:
Fejervarya
()
- Bolkay, 1915
- Specific name:
nilagirica
- (Jerdon, 1854)
- Scientific name: - Fejervarya nilagirica (Jerdon, 1854)
- Specific name:
nilagirica
- (Jerdon, 1854)
- Genus:
Fejervarya
(
- Family:
Ranidae
(
- Superfamily:
Ranoidea
(
- Suborder:
Neobatrachia
(
- Order:
Anura
(
- Subclass:
Lissamphibia
(
- Class:
Amphibia
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 03-Feb-2005
Similar Species
Members of the genus Fejervarya
There are approximately 32 species in this genus:
F. altilabris · F. andamanensis · F. assimilis · F. brama · F. brevipalmata · F. cancrivora · F. frithi · F. greenii (Sri Lanka Paddy Field Frog) · F. iskandari · F. keralensis · F. kirtisinghei (Mountain Paddy Field Frog) · F. limnocharis (Alpine Cricket Frog) · F. limnocharis group · F. moodiei · F. multistriata · F. murthii · F. mysorensis · F. nepalensis · F. nicobariensis · F. nilagirica · F. orissaensis · F. parambikulamana · F. pierrei · F. pulla · F. raja · F. rufescens · F. sauriceps · F. schlueteri · F. syhadrensis (Southern Cricket Frog) · F. teraiensis · F. verruculosa · F. vittigera
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Further Reading
- Amphibian Data. For additional documentation about utilization and CITES status, click on the Global Amphibian Assessment (GAA) link above to see the GAA account for this species or alternatively follow this link to the search function on the Global Amphibian Assessment web site and run your own search.
- Biju, S.D. 2001. A synopsis to the frog fauna of the Western Ghats, India. Occasional Publication 1. ISCB: 1-24.
- Chanda, S.K. 2002. Handbook - Indian Amphibians. Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata.
- Dubois, A. 1984. Note preliminaire sur le groupe de Rana limnocharis Gravenhorst, 1829 (Amphibiens, Anoures). Alytes 3: 142-159.
- Dubois, A. and Ohler, A. 2000. Systematics of Fejervarya limnocharis (Gravenhorst, 1829) (Amphibia, Anura, Ranidae) and related species. 1. Nomenclatural status and type specimens of the nominal species Rana limnocharis Gravenhorst, 1829. Alytes 18(1-2): 15-50.
- Dutta, S.K. 1997. Amphibians of India and Sri Lanka. Odyssey Publishing House, Bhubaneswar.
- Jerdon, T.C. 1853. Catalogue of the reptiles in habiting the peninsula of India. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 22: 462-543.
- Padhye, A.D., Mahabaleshwarkar, M. and Ghate, H.V. 2002. An overview of amphibian fauna of Pune District with special reference to their status in and around Pune city. ZOO's Print Journal 17(4): 757-763.
Notes
Contributors
- Biju, S.D., Dutta, S. & Inger, R. 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 11, 2006.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 4805120
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-664969
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 664969
- IUCN ID: 58282
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 133437
Footnotes
- Biju, S.D., Dutta, S. & Inger, R. 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008. [back]
