Zakerana


Minervarya is a genus of frogs in the family Dicroglossidae from south Asia, and Nepal and Bhutan. They are sometimes known as the Cricket frogs or Rice frogs.

Taxonomy

The genus Minervarya was proposed to be recognized as a distinct genera from Fejervarya in 2018. This was the culmination of recognizing that Fejervarya was paraphyletic and consisted of two different groups; this recognition had already developing some years before and the genus name Zakerana was proposed.

Species

There are 20 species in this genus:

Phylogeny

The following phylogeny of Zakerana is from Pyron & Wiens. 9 species are included.
Howlader, et al. gives a different phylogeny. 11 species are included.
Both phylogenetic trees place Zakerana mudduraja as the most basal species.
Suwannapoom, et al. place Fejervarya chiangmaiensis as a sister taxon to a clade containing Zakerana syhandrensis, Zakerana granosa, and Zakerana pierrei.