Zakerana

Zakerana keralensis

Zakerana is a genus of frogs and toads of the family Dicroglossidae.

Description

The Zakerana species are a group of small frogs with not very sharp or slightly rounded snout. The tympanum is relatively narrow. The inner metatarsal tubercles are small, round or slightly elongated and laterally compressed. On his feet only rudimentary webbing are available. The tibiae are small.

Occurrence

The genus occurs in South Asia before in Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Pakistan.

System

Fejervarya

Spahaerotheca

Zakerana

Nannophrys

Euphlyctis

Hoplobatrachus

Zakerana was first described in 2011 by Mohammad Sajid Ali Howlader as a separate genus. It contains 20 species which have previously been placed in the genus Fejervarya. The genus is named after Kazi Zaker Husain ( 1933-2011 ).

• Zakerana asmati ( Howlader, 2011)
• Zakerana brevipalmata (Peters, 1871)
• Zakerana caperata ( Kuramoto, Joshy, Kurabayashi & Sumida, 2008)
• Zakerana Granosa ( Kuramoto, Joshy, Kurabayashi & Sumida, 2008)
• Zakerana greenii ( Boulenger, 1905)
• Zakerana keralensis ( Dubois, 1981)
• Zakerana kirtisinghei ( Manamendra - Arachchi & Gabadage, 1996)
• Zakerana kudremukhensis ( Kuramoto, Joshy, Kurabayashi & Sumida, 2008)
• Zakerana mudduraja ( Kuramoto, Joshy, Kurabayashi & Sumida, 2008)
• Zakerana murthii ( Pillai, 1979)
• Zakerana mysorensis ( Rao, 1922)
• Zakerana nepalensis ( Dubois, 1975)
• Zakerana nilagirica ( Jerdon, 1854)
• Zakerana parambikulamana ( Rao, 1937)
• Zakerana pierrei ( Dubois, 1975)
• Zakerana rufescens ( Jerdon, 1854)
• Zakerana sauriceps ( Rao, 1937)
• Zakerana sengupti ( Purkayastha & Matsui, 2012)
• Zakerana syhadrensis ( Annandale, 1919)
• Zakerana teraiensis ( Dubois, 1984)

Documents

• MSA Howlader: Cricket frog ( Amphibia: Anura: Dicroglossidae ): two regions of Asia are CORRESPONDING two groups. Bangladesh Wildlife Bulletin, 2011, 5, pp. 1-7. online

• Anura
• Anura