Minervarya brevipalmata

{{Short description|Species of amphibian}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}}

{{Use Indian English|date=January 2020}}

{{Speciesbox

| status = DD

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group. |year=2023 |title=Minervarya brevipalmata |volume=2023 |page=e.T58268A166099217 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T58268A166099217.en |access-date=31 May 2025}}

| taxon = Minervarya brevipalmata

| authority = (Peters, 1871)

| synonyms =

  • Rana brevipalmata Peters, 1871
  • Limnonectes brevipalmatus (Peters, 1871)
  • Fejervarya brevipalmata (Peters, 1871)

| range_map = Fejervarya brevipalmata map-fr.svg

| range_map_caption = Range of M. brevipalmata

}}

Minervarya brevipalmata, commonly known as short-webbed frog, Peters' frog, and Pegu wart frog, is a species of frog found in the Western Ghats of southern India (Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, and Kerala states).{{cite web |url=http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/Amphibia/Anura/Dicroglossidae/Dicroglossinae/Zakerana/Zakerana-brevipalmata |title=Zakerana brevipalmata (Peters, 1871) |author=Frost, Darrel R. |year=2014 |work=Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0 |publisher=American Museum of Natural History |access-date=14 February 2014}} M. brevipalmata is a little-known and uncommon grassland frog associated with waterlogged or marshy areas, but it has also been recorded from suitable wet patches of forest and lightly degraded former forest.

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