Minervarya dhaka

Species of amphibian

Minervarya dhaka

Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Amphibia
Order:  | Anura
Family:  | Dicroglossidae
Genus:  | Minervarya
Species:  |

M. dhaka

Binomial name
Minervarya dhaka

(Howlader, 2016)

Synonyms

Fejervarya dhaka Howlader, 2016
Zakerana dhaka Howlader, 2016

Minervarya dhaka is a species of frogs found in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Specimens have been collected from the campus of Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University in Dhaka and also from Mymensingh Division.

Other geographically proximal species are Minervarya nepalensis, Minervarya pierrei, Minervarya syhadrensis, Minervarya teraiensis, and Minervarya asmati.[1]

## Discovery[edit]

It was discovered in 2016 in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh and a megacity. The particular frog was established to be a separate species using two mitochondrial DNA genes (12S rRNA and 16S rRNA), by research supported by the "Ecological Genetics Research Unit" in the Department of Biosciences of the University of Helsinki, Finland.[1]

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b Howlader, Mohammad Sajid Ali; Nair, Abhilash; Merilä, Juha (2016-03-02). "A New Species of Frog (Anura: Dicroglossidae) Discovered from the Mega City of Dhaka". PLOS ONE. 11 (3): e0149597. Bibcode:2016PLoSO..1149597H. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0149597. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 4801011. PMID 26934699.

Taxon identifiers

Zakerana dhaka|

* Wikidata: Q28225575
* CoL: 7GBNX
* GBIF: 9108774
* ITIS: 1104248
* ZooBank: 64954E38-8611-4067-994F-820B7F787A6A