Fejervarya teraiensis

• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Description
• Taxonomy
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• Notes

Interesting Facts

Common Names

Description

Habitat

Biome: Terrestrial ; Freshwater [1].

Ecology: It is associated with open grasslands, and is often found close to permanent pools and streams . Breeding takes place in temporary and permanent pools and paddy fields .[1].

List of Habitats :

•     4     Grassland   
  
•     4.4     Grassland - Temperate   
  
•     4.5     Grassland - Subtropical/Tropical Dry   
  
•     4.6     Grassland - Subtropical/Tropical Seasonally Wet/Flooded   
  
•     5     Wetlands (inland)   
  
•     5.2     Wetlands (inland) - Seasonal/Intermittent/Irregular Rivers/Streams/Creeks   
  
•     5.4     Wetlands (inland) - Bogs , Marshes, Swamps , Fens , Peatlands   
  
•     5.7     Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha)   
  
•     5.8     Wetlands (inland) - Seasonal/Intermittent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha)   
  
•     15     Artificial/Aquatic & Marine   
  
•     15.7     Artificial/Aquatic - Irrigated Land (includes irrigation channels )   
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Taxonomy

Synonyms

Rana teraiensis

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 01-Sep-2009

Similar Species

Members of the genus Fejervarya

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 11 species and subspecies in this genus:

F. brevipalmata (Short-Webbed Frog) · F. cancrivora (Asian Brackish Frog) · F. greenii (Sri Lanka Paddy Field Frog) · F. keralensis (Kerala Warty Frog) · F. kirtisinghei (Mountain Paddy Field Frog) · F. limnocharis (Alpine Cricket Frog) · F. nepalensis (Nepal Wart Frog) · F. pierrei (Pierre's Wart Frog) · F. rufescens (Malabar Wart Frog) · F. syhadrensis (Long-Legged Cricket Frog) · F. teraiensis (Terai Wart Frog)

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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.
• Ao, J.M., Bordoloi, S. and Ohler, A. 2003. Amphibian fauna of Nagaland with nineteen new records from the State including five new records for India. ZOO’s Print Journal: 1117-1125.
• Bordoloi, S., Borah, M.M., Sarmah, P.K. and Sharma, J. 2002. Amphibian and insect fauna of amphibian habitats of Dehang-Debang Biosphere Reserve, Arunachal Pradesh. Himalayan Biosphere Reserves: 33-38.
• Dubois, A. 1984. Note preliminaire sur le groupe de Rana limnocharis Gravenhorst, 1829 (Amphibiens, Anoures). Alytes: 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: 15-50.
• IUCN. 2004. 2004 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on 23 November 2004.
• IUCN. 2009. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (ver. 2009.2). Available at: www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 3 November 2009).
• Mathew, R. and Sen, N. 2005. Fejervarya teraiensis (Dubois) (Ranidae: Anura: Amphibia) in North East India. Cobra 59: 1-4.
• Rasel, M.M.R., Hannan, M.A. and Howlader, M.S.A. 2007. Four new country records of Fejervarya Bolkay, 1915 (Amphibia: Anura: Dicroglossidae) from Bangladesh. Bonnoprani – Bangladesh Wildlife Bulletin 4(1-2): 1-3.
• Schleich, H.H. 1993. Contributions to the systematics and to a bibliography of the amphibians and reptiles from Nepal. Journal of the Nepal Research Centre (JNRC): 141-168.
• Shrestha, T.K. 2000. Herpetology of Nepal. Mrs. B. Shrestha.

Notes

Contributors

• 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.
• Bordoloi, S., Ohler, A. & Shrestha, T.K. 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
• IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
• Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
• Sabitry Bordoloi, Annemarie Ohler & Tej Kumar Shrestha 2009. Fejervarya teraiensis. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 01February2012.

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 4805140
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-664979
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 664979
• IUCN ID: 209636
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 133465

Footnotes

1. Sabitry Bordoloi, Annemarie Ohler & Tej Kumar Shrestha 2009. Fejervarya teraiensis. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 01 February 2012. [back]

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