Minervarya brevipalmata
{{Short description|Species of amphibian}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=January 2020}}
{{Speciesbox
| status = DD
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| 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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Category:Endemic fauna of the Western Ghats
Category:Amphibians described in 1871
Category:Taxa named by Wilhelm Peters
Category:Taxobox binomials not recognized by IUCN
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