Minervarya rufescens

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.^[2] It is a locally common species associated with riparian and forest edge habitats in open and lightly degraded tropical moist semi-evergreen forests.^[1]

Color variations of Minervarya rufescens

Minervarya rufescens
Minervarya rufescens from Madayippara, Kerala
Conservation status
Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Family:	Dicroglossidae
Genus:	Minervarya
Species:	M. rufescens
Binomial name
Minervarya rufescens (Jerdon, 1854)
Synonyms
Pyxicephalus rufescens Jerdon, 1854 Fejervarya rufescens (Jerdon, 1854)