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Minervarya asmati (Howlader, 2011)
Fejervarya asmati Howlader, 2011, Zootaxa, 2761: 43. Holotype: MZD/F-01, by original designation. Type locality: "in front of Teachers Club and Guest House (22° 28´ N, 91° 47´ E), Chittagong University campus, Hathazari, Chittagong, Bangladesh".
Zakerana asmati — Howlader, 2011, Bangladesh Wildl. Bull., 5: 2.
Fejervarya asmati — Dinesh, Vijayakumar, Channakeshavamurthy, Torsekar, Kulkarni, and Shanker, 2015, Zootaxa, 3999: 79.
Minervarya asmati — Sanchez, Biju, Islam, Hasan, Ohler, Vences, and Kurabayashi, 2018, Salamandra, 54: 115.
English Names
Bangladeshi Cricket Frog (Ahmad and Alam, 2015, Herpetol. Rev., 46: 563).
Distribution
Known from the type locality (Hathazari, Chittagong), Nazipur (Rajshahi Division), and Bangladesh (Dhaka, Dinajpur, Nilphamari, Thakurgaon, and Rangpur districts), as well as Assam, Mizoram (Aizawal and Mamit Districts), as well as Manipur (Aizawl, Chandel, Kolasib, Palak National Wetland, Serchhip, and Siaha Districts), northeastern India.
Comment
Hasan, Islam, Khan, Alam, Kurabayashi, Igawa, Kuramoto, and Sumida, 2012, Zool. Sci., Tokyo, 29: 162–172, discussed the possibility that this taxon represents southeastern Bangladesh populations of their "Fejervarya syhadrensis". Sarker, Das, and Kundu, 2012, Herpetol. Rev., 43: 439–440, provided a record for Dhaka, Bangladesh. Ahmad and Alam, 2015, Herpetol. Rev., 46: 563, provided a record from Nazipur, Naogaon District, Rajshahi Division, Bangladesh. Lalronunga, Vanramliana, and Lalrinchhana, 2017, Herpetol. Rev., 48: 584, provided records for Aizawal District, Mizoram, northeastern India. Decemson, Gouda, Lalbiakzuala, Lalmuansanga, Hmar, Mathipi, and Lalremsanga, 2021, J. Threatened Taxa, 13: 17918–17929, provided the record for Dampa Tiger Reserve, Mamit District, Mizoram, India. Decemson, Mathipi, Vanlalsiammawii, Biakzuala, Sailo, and Lalremsanga, 2021, Reptiles & Amphibians, 28: 250–254, provided genetically confirmed records from Assam and Manipur (Chandel District; Siaha District; Serchhip District; Kolasib District; Palak National Wetland; and Aizawl District).. Garg and Biju, 2021, Asian Herpetol. Res., 12: 345–370, summarized the systematics (morphology and molecular markers) of this member of the Minervarya agricola group and mapped its distribution. Rabbe, Jaman, Alam, Rahman, and Sarker, 2022, Amph. Rept. Conserv., 16: 226–234, provided records from northwestern Bangladesh.
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