Minervarya kalinga

The Kalinga cricket frog  or Kalinga rice frog (Minervarya kalinga) is a species of frog. It lives in India.

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This frog lives in forests on mountains. It can live in forests that are growing back. People saw it in Soppinabetta forest. Scientists saw this frog between 500 and 1210 meters above sea level.

Scientists saw this frog in two protected places: Papikonda National Park and Satpura Tiger Reserve.

Young
This frog lays eggs at the edges of streams, in paddy fields, and in ditches and swamps.

Danger
Scientists from the IUCN say this frog is not in danger of dying out. In the Eastern Ghat Mountains, human beings change the places where the frog lives to make farms and build dams. In other places, humans dig in the ground for bauxite.

First paper

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Category:Frogs of Asia
Category:State symbols of Andhra Pradesh