Minervarya gomantaki

The Gomantak white-lipped cricket frog  or Goan Fejervarya (Minervarya gomantaki) is a species of frog. It lives in India.

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This frog lives in grassy places in forests, in mud, ponds, ponds that dry up for part of the year, paddy fields, and puddles. People have seen it on cashew nut farms. It is good at living in places that people have changed. Scientists saw this frog between 50 and 800 meters above sea level.

Scientists saw this frog in protected places: Bondla Wildlife Sanctuary, Tillari Conservation Reserve, Sahyadri Tiger Reserve, and Phansad Wildlife Sanctuary.

Danger
Scientists from the IUCN say this frog is not in danger of dying out. Chemicals that farmers use to kill insects that eat plants can kill this frog. Climate change could hurt this frog by changing the places where the frog lives and lays eggs. Scientists found the fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis on other frogs in Minervarya, so they think the fungal sickness chytridiomycosis could kill this frog too.

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Category:Frogs of Asia
Category:State symbols of Goa