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Minervarya nilagirica

species of amphibian

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionApr 20, 2026
Entity authorityQ3068047 ↗
Source-derived summary

Minervarya nilagirica, commonly known as Nilgiris wart frog, or Nilgiri frog, is a species of frog that is endemic to India.

Description

Minervarya nilagirica has a relatively large size compared to the other species in its genus.

Habitat and distribution

It is found along roadsides and around wetlands excepting wet paddy fields. It is found from Karnataka to Tamil Nadu, and Kerala, in the Western and Eastern Ghats of India, at 800-1600 m elevation.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Minervarya nilagirica” as species of amphibian. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewUseful for establishing the present vocabulary of the subject while preserving a route back to the evidence on which that vocabulary rests. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1600—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Minervarya, nilagirica and species can be independently traced.
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Why this record matters

The subject matters to the science & nature register because the source frames it as species of amphibian. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Stable identifiers, scientific names and standards terminology offer the best bridge between this overview and specialist evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 20, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q3068047. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1600.

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Current terminology should not be projected backward without checking the classification used when the underlying evidence was created. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

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This entry incorporates text from “Minervarya nilagirica” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.